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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1394 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: November 15, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, N9OVQ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Jordon Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:50:51 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1394 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: SpaceX Bandwagon-4 Mission Places CEVROSAT-1 In Orbit With Rideshare Payloads 2. AMSAT: CatSat To Open Microwave Linear Transponder Access For Amateur Radio Community 3. AMSAT: ARISS To Mark 25 Years Of ISS With Special Worldwide SSTV Event In November 4. AMSAT: Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications Adds AMSAT Publications 5. AMSAT: AI Fix From Earth Restores James Webb Telescope Clarity, No Astronauts Needed 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. EXIT: Albanian Police Seize Amateur's Radio Equipment Over Suspected Espionage 8. AP: FCC Proposes Auctioning Additional Spectrum To Expand Wireless Services 9. NYS: Attorney General James Demands FCC Expand Multilingual Emergency Alerts 10. WIA: FCC Takes Step To Ban China Based Telecom 11. WIA: Brian Eno/Beatie Wolfe Really Launch New Album 12. RSGB: 146 Thru 147 MegaHertz NoV Extension Agreed By Ofcom 13. HACK: A Treasure Trove Of Random Vintage Tech Resources 14. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Division Elections: Voting Ends November 21st 15. ARRL: Images From Space Celebrate 25 Years Of Ham Radio On The International Space Station 16. ARRL: Get Ready For The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes — Phone! 17. ARRL: Save The Date: Annual ARRL YouTube Telethon To Support Teachers Institute 18. ARRL: Two Special Event Stations To Highlight Upcoming Weeks On Air Activity 19. ARRL: ARRL Has Published Its 2024 Annual Report - ARRL Has Open Positions Available 20. KFIZ: Moraine Park Technical College Donates Laptop Computers To Fond du Lac Amateur Radio Club 21. Student Satellite Courses Are Funded Through ARDC Grant 22. Inaugural Q-Tech Conference To Be Held In Brisbane Australia 23. Amateurs In Sri Lanka Test Their Tsunami Response In Simulation Drill 24. Conductors Loss Of Electrical Conductivity Under Review 25. Newest Microwave Linear Transponder Onboard New CubeSat 26. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings 27. AMSAT: AMSAT receives two ARDC grants for its Youth Initiative Program 28. CP: Neighbor objects to sixty foot ham radio tower - cites lack of notice and safety concerns 29. SPACE: Ukraine destroys giant radio telescope used by Russian military 31. WIA: Amateur Radio Digital Communications is now accepting grant applications 32. ARRL: RadioGram changes are announced 33. ARRL: Icom Dream Station - have you earned all your sweepstakes entries? 34. ARRL: The sixth annual Youth Dream Rig essay contest is about to get underway 35. Proposed Australian band plan sees reviews by amateurs in that country 36. Sunlight On Demand will come from a proposed new satellite constellation 37. Yasme Excellence Awards for work with young radio amateurs are awarded Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will attempt to answer the question, "What Do You Call That Radio?, or Where Did The Word Radio Come From?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR- A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to witness the arrival of international amateur communications. And, the lack of a worldwide system of station identification that led to confusion over callsigns. Without prefixes as we know them today, there was no way to use a call sign to identify a station's country. And since each country issued callsigns independently, duplicates were inevitable. We will hear all about it in this weeks edition entitled "Callsign Confusion" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1393 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: November 8, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Alan Shepard, WK8W, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:48:52 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1393 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Receives Two ARDC Grants for Youth Initiative Program 2. AMSAT: Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Presents CubeSat Simulator 2025 Updates 3. AMSAT: ARISS 2025 Highlights Presented by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. CP: Neighbor Objects To Sixty Foot Ham Radio Tower, Cites Notice and Safety Concerns 6. SPACE: Ukraine Destroys Giant Radio Telescope Used By Russian Military 7. WIA: Amateur Radio Digital Communications, ARDC, Is Accepting Grant Applications 8. WIA: Youngsters In The Air Month Is Coming Up 9. ARD: ISS SSTV Event To Celebrate 25 Years Of The International Space Station 10. ARRL: Time Is Running Out To Vote In ARRL Division Elections 11. ARRL: New ARRL Technician Class LIVE Video Course For Ham Radio Licensing 12. ARRL: Special Event Unites Two Pennsylvania Colleges and Amateur Station W3USR 13. ARRL: Radiogram Changes Are Announced 14. ARRL: ICOM Dream Station: Have You Earned All Your Sweepstakes Entries? 15. ARRL: The 6th Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest Is About To Get Underway! 16. ARRL: On Air Commemorations And Special Events For Veterans Day 2025 17. Proposed Australian Band Plan Seeks A Review By Amateurs 18. Sunlight On Demand Will Come From A Proposed New Satellite Constellation 19. YASME Excellence Award For Work With Young Amateurs Are Given Out 20. Quicksilver Radio Products John Bartscherer, N1GNV, SK 21. Summits On The Air Enthusiast Robert Hannan G4RQJ, SK 22. Silent Keys Trust Endows Library At His Alma Mater 23. Mountain Radio Challenge Will Test Your Skills 24. ARRL: ARRL now has new ways for amateurs and GMRS users to help pass the HOA Bill in Congress 25. The BBC proposes shutting down its long wave transmitters 26. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contest listings and regional conventions 27. AMSAT: New AMSAT President outlines future directions for the organization 28. AMSAT: Is AO-7 still the oldest satellite? 29. AMSAT: Amateur radio receiver reveals global satellite transmissions privacy issue 30. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is now accepting applications 31. ARRL: ARRL calls General Mobile Radio Service operators to help pass Emergency Preparedness Act 32. Europe's ham radio Friedrichshafen to debut astronomy trade 33. ARRL: ARRL to feature club photos in every QST issue during 2026 Plus these Special Features This Week: * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about the origins of The RF Circulator * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1923, where amateurs were making trans-oceanic contacts and experimenting with the shorter wavelengths. This is part two of a two part episode titled "The Fourth Time's The Charm" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Hello and Welcome to the DX Corner for yourweekly Dose of DX. I'm Bill, AJ8B.I had mentioned previously that our DX club, the Southwest Ohio DX association, had just published a special edition of the October newsletter dedicated to 160M. Scott, N4JN, Dave, K3BQ, and Ken, NS7V, each dropped me a note and are now reading the newsletter. You can get a copy as well by emailing me at thedxmentor@gmail.com. The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com9U - Burundi We have now been QRV for 4.5 days running up to 10 HP stations 6m - 160m. Per our 9U1RU Club Log Expedition chart: https://clublog.org/charts/?c=9U1RU#r, we are currently at43,500 QSOs from this mountainside QTH 2,340m ASL. All operators are doing well and in great spirits with the focus on achieving team objectives. Please keep in mind that the plan for the 9U1RU DXPedition calls for us to be QRV until November 20. Please consult our website for additional information: https://www.rudxt.org/9u1ru 8R- GuyanaPY1SAD, Aldir, is back in Guyana and QRV once again from Georgetown as 8R1TM until December 7. During the week listen for him on CW, SSB and digital modes on 1.8 through 50 MHz between 2300 and 0200Z. Over the weekends watch for him to be on more often. QSL direct to PY1SAD, via LoTW, QRZ or eQSL. CP- Bolivia Members of the YaguaretÇ DX Group have announced their plans to go back to Tarija (grid locator FG87pl), Bolivia as CP7DX from October 31 to November 10. They plan to be active on 160, 80, 60, 40, 20, 15, 12 and 10 meters. QSL via LU1FM. TL - Central African RepublicTJ1GD, Darek, began operating TL8GD on Saturday November 1. Over the weekend he was reported on 20, 15, 10 meters FT8. Darek plans to be QRV in his spare time on HF on FT8, FT4, SSB and CW until the end of the month. QSL via LoTW and Club Log. 4K- AzerbaijanCalls 4K8N and 4J8N will be in use for"Victory Day," QRV to November 15. The actual day is November 8. This is for the "2020 Patriotic War," a 44-day campaign where Azerbaijan's Army retook their historical boundaries from 30 years earlier. As seen in the news, Azerbaijan and Armenia made peace recently. QSLs for this operation, they say it is paper QSLs direct only. 5V- Togo 5V7RU is QRV until November 19, with RA1ZZ and R9LR operating. They say it is unrelated to the 2022 operation under that callsign. This will be holiday style, using HF CW, SSB, FT8 and the QO-100 satellite, with a focus on 160 and 80. Direct OQRS requests and all donors will get a fast LoTW confirmation. Paper QSLs will be Club Log OQRS with donations of 10 USD or more. Log corrections and questions are via ra1zz@mail.ru 7Q- Malawi Upon reviewing his 6-meter 7Q6M log, Don (K6ZO) notes that, based on historical propagation data, conditions on the Magic Band are likely to be favorable for openings between Malawi and North America in the coming days. On Monday, 7Q5BM was heard on 6 meters FT8 in the central and eastern US between 1340 and 1800Z. North American operators should monitor for this opening. Gerry Hull (W1VE) will operate remotely as 7Q2T on 6M CW at 50.090 MHz, self-spotting on the DX network, typically between 1500 and 1900Z, although activity will depend on the reliability of AC power in Embangweni. S2,BANGLADESHThe Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has officially granted special authorization for the upcoming DXPedition program to be held at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Sundarbans, from 11–17 November 2025. All radio operations during this period will be conducted under the special event callsign S21SDX. QSL via I8KHC.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1392 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: November 1, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:29:08 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1392 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT President Outlines Future Directions 2. AMSAT: Is AO-7 Still The Oldest Satellite? 3. AMSAT: Amateur Radio Receiver Reveals Global Unsecured Satellite Privacy Issue 4. AMSAT: Russian Cosmonauts Conduct Spacewalk Outside The International Space Station 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 6. ARRL: Hurricane Melissa Update 7. ARRL: ARRL November Sweepstakes About To Get Underway 8. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Is Now Accepting Applications 9. ARRL: The 20th Anniversary ARRL Online Auction Results 10. ARRL: ARRL Calls GMRS Operator To Help Pass The Emergency Preparedness Act 11. ARRL: Livonia ARC To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of Sinking Of The SS Edmund Fitzgerald 12. ARRL: Log Submission Deadline For DX Marathon Sprint Upcoming 13. A Century of Broadcast Radio Is Celebrated By Amateurs In Latvia 14. Special Event Operation Remember The War Of The Worlds Martian Invasion 15. Europe's Ham Radio Friedrichshafen To Debut Astronomy Trade 16. Colleges New Electronics and Computer Engineering Center To Be Chaired By An Amateur 17. ARRL: ARRL to feature club photos in every issue of QST during 2026. 18. ARRL: Upcoming contest sheet and upcoming regional conventions. 19. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors elects officers 20. AMSAT: AMSAT Student memberships now offered at no cost, free! 21. AMSAT: Is low earth orbit getting too crowded? 22. WIA: FCC takes action against foreign owned electronic testing labs. 23. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain launches its new mobile app 24. ARRL: Pass the Emergency Preparedness Act bill activity continues 25. ARRL: Amateur radio club boot camp is declared a success 26. ARRL: United States Air Force to hold its 77th annual special event station 27. ARDC, Amateur Radio Digital Communications is now accepting grant applications 28. Expiration dates of broadcast licenses in Canada are eliminated by the country's regulator, CRTC. Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about "Going Around in Circles One Way", or a brief look at RF Circulators. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1923, where amateurs were making trans-oceanic contacts and experimenting with the shorter wavelengths. This is part one of a two part episode titled, "The Fourth Time's The Charm." ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Hello and Welcome to the DX Corner for yourweekly Dose of DX. I'm Bill, AJ8B.Each week I try to focus on those entities that will be available in the next 7 days. There is so much data to sift through that I thought a focus on the next week might be helpful. Here is what you should find QRV when you tune the bands. The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, justdrop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comWe have a 6O3T - Somalia Update - “Good morning, everyone, we'd like to thank you all for the affection and patience you've shown towards our 6O operation. Despite the high noise level, we're moving forward with great personal satisfaction, sometimes at the expense of the usual CW/SSB modes, but often it's a necessary choice. We're enjoying good openings on the 6 meters band toward Europe, around 11:00 GMT, with a few shorter ones toward Asia as well. In the afternoon, around 15:00 GMT, the SIX band will open again. We've been transmitting for the second night in a row on 80 and have logged several nice QSOs. In the coming days, we'll likely make some tests on 160m, though without too many expectations.Finally, we've been receiving many emails about call corrections and typing errors, our apologies, but this is not the right time. All such requests will be handled once we're back home.” ThebPJ6Y Adventure is QRTAfter an amazing weekend participating inbCQWW SSB 2025, the PJ6Y adventure is coming to a close. Our Young Operators team achieved an incredible milestone — over 55,000 QSOs! “On behalf of the PJ6Y 2025 team, I would like to thank all of you who took the time to work us,” said Gregg, W6IZT. A special thanks goes out to our sponsors and supporters — this expedition would not have been possible without your generous help and encouragement. 5R, MADAGASCAR The Italian Dxpedition Team led by Silvano, I2YSB announce a new activity from Madagascar until November 12 as 5R8TT utilizing CW, SSB, and RTTY and as 5R8XX on FT8. A team will be operating with 4 stations from 160 to 6 meters. QSL via I2YSB. https://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ 9L, SIERRA LEONE The ex-3C2MD managed to plan another DXPedition as 9L8MD until November 10. The team will be active as 9L8MD from 160 to 6 metres using CW, SSB, RTTY. QSL via IK2VUC. 9U, BURUNDI Members of the Russian DX Team with Vasily R7AL as team leader will be active as 9U1RU until November 20. Plan is to be active with 7 stations from 160 to 6 meters using high power. QSL via Club Log. https://www3rudxt.org/9u1ru Z6,KOSOVO Look for S58MU and S50X as Z66IPA until November3. They will be operating from 160 to 10 meters. QSL for all calls via S58MU. VU4, ANDAMAN ISL The World DXPedition team will be QRV until November7 from 3 POTA locations. ‘Needless to say, the support of corporate and private sponsors are essential to make this DXPedition a success. The Team priority will be to make as many QSOs as possible and offer the highest exposure as possible for sponsors. Corporate or Club sponsors (donating $1,000 or more in cash or equipment) will be recognized on our QSL cards and website. ' The DX Mentor features a new Podcast episode this coming weekend – The Yasme foundation and the great contributions of Ward Silver, N0AX. Check it out and let me know what you think!If you want to follow all the latest DX Podcasts and YouTube releases, you should check out the DX Mentor Facebook page and subscribe to be kept up to date on all of the DX activities.If you would like a copy of the special SWODXA Newsletter for October that has over 100 pages of articles about 160M, just drop me a line and I will send it to you. Until next week, this is Bill, AJ8B saying 73 and thanks to my XYL Karen for her love and support. I Hope to hear you in the pileups! Have a great DX week!
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1391 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: October 25, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Lams, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Ron Rowe, W2ELS, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:36:13 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1391 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Elects Officers 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Symposium Held In Phoenix 3. AMSAT: AMSAT Student Memberships Now Offered At No Cost 4. AMSAT: Is Low Earth Orbit Getting Too Crowded? 5. AMSAT: Swarm Reveals Growing Weak Spot In Earth's Magnetic Field 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WIA: FCC Takes Action Against Foreign-Owned Electronic Labs 8. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain Launches Mobile App 9. ARRL: Pass The Bill Activity Continues 10. ARRL: Talking Up a Storm And Amateur Radio In Pennsylvania 11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Club Bootcamp A Success 12. ARRL: Tropical Storm Melissa Update 13. ARRL: US Air Force To Hold 77th Annual Special Event Station 14. In Its Fourth Decade Ensuring Driver Safety Is Pumpkin Patrol 15. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Now Accepting Grant Applications 16. First ARISS Contact Made In Seven Years By Ham TV 17. Expiration Dates For Broadcast Licenses In Canada Are Eliminated By CRTC 18. Noted Dx'er Charles Harpole K4VUD / HS0ZCW SK 19. Amateur Radio Historian K2TQN, John Dilks III, SK 20. New Modes For Emergency Communications Are Taught To Young Amateurs 21. ARRL: Many special event stations are planned for Veterans Day on November 11, 2025 22. ARRL: Club Spotlight: How does your club welcome new members and new hams? 23. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings 24. ECARS: ECARS prepares for its annual Board of Director elections 25. ARD: DX Look introduces personalized band condition reports for you specific location 26. IFLS: Military spacecraft launched 56 years ago has been moved and nobody claims responsibility 27. ARRL: ARRL Year of The Club Website Contest is announced and calls for submissions 28. ARRL: FCC announces its intent to delete minor Part 97 provisions 29. Launch of Amazons Kuiper satellites is finally successful after multiple weather delays 30. Theft of copper at antenna sites is now high on the FCC list for action 31. The International Amateur Radio Union proposes inclusion of amateurs with disabilities 32. Ofcom, the UK regulation, implements more amateur radio license changes Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, returns to his construction project in a segment titled, "Bald Yak #13 - Monitoring The Sun, In Small Steps." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. Our own amateur radio historian, returns with another encore edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us back to January of 1921 when the ARRL ran another round of transcontinental relays over several nights, setting new records for coast-to-coast round-trip message relaying. ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
GB2RS News Sunday, the 26th of October 2025 The news headlines: Get involved with YOTA Month and book your GB25YOTA operating slot today Photos from the VHF and HF contest trophies presentation are now on the RSGB website RSGB gives an update on the QSL Bureau Youngsters on the Air Month takes place in December, and the RSGB would love you to take part in this annual event. Special callsign GB25YOTA will be active throughout the month. Whether you are an individual, club, school, university or social group, this is a fantastic opportunity to host the callsign and get young radio amateurs active on the amateur bands. The Society would love to see Scouts, Girlguiding and Cadet groups taking part too. The RGSB has changed the procedure for booking operating slots this year, so it is easier to see availability. Visit rsgb.org/yota-month and click on the schedule to view which time slots are available. These aren't fixed and can be adjusted to suit your timings. You'll then need to email RSGB YOTA Month Coordinator Jamie, M0SDV via yota.month@rsgb.org.uk to register as a GB25YOTA host and book your slot. Jamie can also help with any questions about taking part for the first time. The Society is aiming for the callsign to be hosted every day during December to enable more youngsters to have a taste of amateur radio. Be part of this great goal and book your operating slot today. The main VHF and HF contest trophy presentations were held at the RSGB 2025 Convention on Sunday, the 12th of October. A list of the winners and photos from the presentation can now be seen on the RSGB website via rsgb.org/trophies and selecting ‘Awards photos galleries' from the menu on the right-hand side. During the presentation, the prestigious ROTAB Trophy was awarded to John Warburton, G4IRN, for outstanding and consistent DX work. The RSGB would like to congratulate John and all the winners who received a trophy. Following the well-deserved retirement of QSL Bureau Manager Richard Constantine, G3UGF, the RSGB Board is making arrangements to ensure the continued smooth operation of the QSL Bureau service. Members should continue to send outgoing QSL cards to PO Box 5, Halifax, as usual. Similarly, incoming cards will continue to be distributed by your existing sub-manager, and stamped, addressed envelopes should still be sent directly to them. The Board is currently finalising new management arrangements for the Bureau and will provide a further update once these are in place. The Board wishes to record its sincere thanks to Richard for his many years of dedicated service to the Society and to the amateur radio community. Following Ofcom's recent implementation of Phases 2 and 3 of the amateur radio licence review, it has updated its main guidance document. Please ensure you use the October 2025 edition so that you are using the latest information. Ofcom has also clarified that if you hold a Special Contest Callsign NoV and you change your individual or club callsign, the SCC NoV is still valid. This is because your Full Amateur Radio Licence reference number has not changed. If you do hold an SCC NoV and you have changed your individual or club callsign, please send an email to scc@rsgb.org.uk stating your old callsign, your new callsign and your SCC, so the RSGB Contest Support Committee Chair can update the issued SCC list. And now for details of rallies and events Today, the 26th, the Galashiels Radio and Computer Rally is taking place at The Volunteer Hall, St John's Street, Galashiels, TD1 3JX. The doors open at 11 am and admission costs £3. Disabled access is available from 10.45 am. For more information, visit galaradioclub.co.uk The Thirteenth Scottish Microwave Round Table GMRT will take place at the Museum of Communication in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, on Saturday, the 1st of November, from 10.30 am to 5 pm. An interesting programme of speakers has been arranged, and microwave test facilities will be provided. There will be an opportunity to buy components and microwave-related items. An optional dinner will be held in the evening at a local hotel. Further information and online registration are available at gmroundtable.org.uk. The event has a maximum capacity of 50 people, and there are only limited places left, so book now to avoid disappointment. Now the Special Event news Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Dutch Marine Radio Amateur Club, special callsign PA40MARAC is active until the 31st of December. A QSO with this station earns ten points towards the Marine Amateur Radio Club Award. For more details, visit the PI4MRC page at QRZ.com Tarragonès Radio Club, EA3RCY, will be on the air throughout November using the special callsign AO25TWHS. The station is active to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage designation of ancient Tarraco. Operators will be using a variety of bands and modes. All radio amateurs and shortwave listeners are invited to take part and earn a commemorative award certificate. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/AO25TWHS Now the DX news Harald, DF2WO, is active as XT2AW from Burkina Faso until tomorrow, the 27th. He usually operates CW, FT4, FT8 and SSB on various bands. He also works via the QO-100 satellite. QSL via OQRS and Logbook of the World. Mike, VE2XB, is active as VY0ZOO from Coral Harbour on Southampton Island, NA-007, until the 18th of December. Listen for activity on the 80 to 10m bands using CW and SSB. QSL via VE2XB. Now the contest news The CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest started at 0000 UTC yesterday, the 25th, and ends at 2359 UTC today, the 26th of October. Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. The UK is in Zone 14. Tomorrow, the 27th, the RSGB FT4 Series Contest runs from 2000 to 2200 UTC. Using FT4 on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report. On Tuesday the 28th, the RSGB SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1830 to 2130 UTC. Using all modes on 2.3 to 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday the 29th, the United Kingdom and Ireland Contest Club 80m Contest runs from 2000 to 2100 UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is your six-character locator. The United Kingdom and Ireland Contest Club DX SSB Contest starts at 1200 UTC on Saturday, the 1st of November and ends at 1200 UTC on Sunday, the 2nd of November. Using SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. UK and EI stations also send their district code. For full details, including the team competition and area codes, visit ukeicc.com or rsgbcc.org. Scores from RSGB members operating within the UK and Crown Dependencies will be included in the HF Championship. The 144MHz CW Marconi Contest starts at 1400 UTC on Saturday, the 1st and ends at 1400 UTC on Sunday, the 2nd of November. Using CW on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Worked All Britain DX Contest also starts at 1200 UTC on Saturday, the 1st and ends at 1200 UTC on Sunday, the 2nd of November. Using SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report, serial number and Worked All Britain square. Entries need to be with the contest manager by the 12th of November. Visit the Worked All Britain website to read more about the rules for the contest Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday the 23rd of October. It looks like Earth dodged a bullet last week when a large coronal mass ejection, or CME, erupted on the far side of the Sun on Tuesday, the 21st of October. Had that CME been Earth-directed, we could have endured a strong, or possibly an extreme, geomagnetic storm with dazzling displays of aurora. The source of the eruption was possibly sunspot region 4246, which is now past the Sun's west limb. The ACE spacecraft detected high levels of protons streaming past Earth, but they remained below the minor S1 radiation storm threshold. In other news, we have had a quiet geomagnetic week, which has allowed the ionosphere to shine. The solar flux index has been modest, ranging from 130 to 150, but propagation has been aided by improved geomagnetic conditions. During the past week, the 10m band was humming with activity. Lots of stations were preparing for the CQ World Wide SSB Contest, which ends today, the 26th. 8P5A in Barbados has been romping in during the afternoon, as has HZ0YL in Saudi Arabia. Other DX worked last week, according to the CDXC Slack chat group, includes VK9DX on Norfolk Island on 12m SSB; 6O3T in Somalia on 40m CW; and PJ6Y on Saba and St Eustatius using SSB on the 12m band. This last station is a young radio amateurs' DXpedition by the Pacific Island DX Group. Next week, NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will stay in the 140 to 150 range with the Kp index starting the week low but then rising. We may expect a Kp index of 5, or even 6, around the 28th to the 31st of October. Look for auroral conditions and lower maximum usable frequencies during this period. Meanwhile, make the most of the long-range propagation on the higher bands while the Kp index is low. And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO The period of weather up to the end of the week ending the 2nd of November looks distinctly unsettled, with the weather pattern driven by an Atlantic jet stream pointing straight at the British Isles. This will mean that further periods of stormy weather are possible with strong winds and heavy rain. This is not a time to expect much tropo for VHF or UHF, but it is a good period for the GHz bands to explore rain scatter propagation. The foF2 and foEs graphs at propquest.co.uk have been experiencing some data supply issues recently. It's worth noting that strong jet streams and fast-moving weather systems, as we have now, can bring a chance of out-of-season Sporadic-E. A good example on the evening of Sunday, the 19th of October, can be found if you check the archive tab. This four-hour active period was possibly associated with a slowly advancing jet stream as seen on the Sporadic-E blog tab for that date. Meteor scatter operators had the Orionids, which peaked on the 22nd, to play with last week. The broad zone of activity may continue to provide weakening interest through the coming week. The Kp index has been relatively subdued recently, but the message is once again to continue to monitor for the chance openings by noting when the Kp index reaches 5 or more, or if you start to hear LF CW signals take on a fluttery note. For EME operators, the Moon's declination is at a minimum today, the 26th, so Moon window lengths and peak elevation are both low. Apogee was early on Friday the 24th, so path losses are falling again. 144MHz sky noise rises over the weekend, reaching some 3300K today, the 26th, before falling steadily to low levels the following Friday. And that's all from the propagation team this week.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1390 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: October 18, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Ron Rowe, W2ELS, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:42:57 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1390 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARD: DXLook Introduces Personalized Band Conditions 2. ARD: SAQ Grimeton To Air United Nations Day Message 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. IFLS: Military Spacecraft Launched 56 Years Ago Has Been Moved By Persons Unknown 5. SN: FCC Launches Space Month To Fast Track Satellite Licensing and Spectrum Reforms 6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Runs With The Chicago Marathon 7. ARRL: Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long Time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away 8. ARRL: ARRL Year Of The Club Website Contest — Call for Submissions! 9. ARRL: FCC Announces Intent To Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions 10. ARRL: BOO! A Night On Bald Mountain 11. Launch Of Amazons Kuiper Satellites Is Finally Successful After Weather Delays 12. Copper Theft Is High On The FCC List For Action 13. International Amateur Radio Union Urges Inclusion Of Hams With Disabilities 14. Ofcom In The UK Implements More Ham Radio License Changes 15. North Star Radio Convention Sets A New Attendance Record 16. Amateurs In Idaho Receive Grant To Upgrade Outdated Emergency Communications Gear 17. Maldives Wet Square Activation Is Planned 18. Youth Operators To Be Featured During The Sundarbans DxPedition 19. MET: HamShack TV Presents A Chat With Bouvet Island DxPeditioner 20. 02H: Free Online General Class License Course Starting Soon 21. ARRL School Club Round-Up is being held on October 20, 2025 22. ARRL: Upcoming radiosport contests and regional convention listings 23. AMSAT: ARISS SSTV Event runs through October 20th, 2025 24. AMSAT: Four United States Schools and Organizations move forward in ARISS Contact Selection 25. WIA: The United States and Australia Sign a Space Agreement 26. WIA: The Tune-In app will now carry Emergency Alert Notifications 27. WIA: US Federal Judge orders the administration to halt layoffs at The Voice of America 28. BBC: The BBC now expects to close Radio 4 Longwave during 2026 29. FCC: The FCC releases a draft notice for NextGen TV rules, and ATSC 1.0 sunset 30. ARRL: Club Newsletter Contest - Call For Submissions 31. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation is accepting grant applications during October 32. Australia's Square Kilometer Antenna Array gains interference protection by building a surrounding Faraday Cage Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present an amateur radio story entitled "When Your Hobby Revolves Around Electricity" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with an encore presentation of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1920's as vacuum tubes were making CW practical, they were also making voice transmissions possible. Experimental broadcasts using radiotelephone, or just phone to hams, began as experiments by amateurs and some of the wireless telegraph companies, including Marconi and DeForest. This week's episode is titled, "Radio Telephone". ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1389 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: October 11, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Lama, KC2OJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Christ Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:38:19 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1389 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: ARISS SSTV Event Runs Through October 20th, 2025 2. AMSAT: Four US Schools and Organizations Move Forward In ARISS Selection Process 3. AMSAT: A Review Of The futureGEO Workshop 2025 In Bochum 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: United States and Australia Sign Space Agreement 6. WIA: TuneIn App To Carry Emergency Alert Notifications 7. WIA: US Federal Judge Orders Administration To Halt VOA Layoffs 8. K9YA: Armstrong Gave The World Static Free Radio 9. BBC: BBC Now Expects To Close Radio 4 LongWave During 2026 10. FCC: FCC Releases Draft Notice For NextGen TV Rules, ATSC 1.0 Sunset 11. ARRL: Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator 12. ARRL: Club Newsletter Contest — Call For Submissions! 13. ARRL: FCC Issues Notice Of Violation For Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions and Denial of Inspection 14. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Accepting Grant Applications In October 15. ARRL: 13 Colonies Special Event Founder and Coordinator Ken Villone, KU2US, SK 16. ARRL: The Greater Saint Louis Area Scouting Council Will Be Active During This Year's JOTA and JOTI 17. Four Chinese Owned Electronics Labs Are Blacklisted By The FCC 18. Sri Lanka's New Amateur Radio Cubesats Are Now In Orbit 19. Australia's Square Kilometer Array Gains Interference Protection 20. Emergency Radio Network Planned By Florida Baptist Church 21. ARRL: Colorado Students visit The Pilsner Radio Telescope 22. ARRL: New Jersey Special Event to celebrate Columbus Day 23. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listing 24. WIA: Equatorial Guinea Amateurs are still off the air, Italian amateurs gain access to 40 MegaHertz 25. WIA: Update: AM Radio For Every Vehicle bill advances in Congress 26. ARRL: Amateur radio licensing update during the on-going Government Shutdown 27. ARRL: Ham Radio Influencers rally around the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness/HOA Antenna Bill 28. ARRL: New leadership is announced for the ARRL New Hampshire Section 29. A New Zealand weather radar is destroyed by a direct lightning hit 30. Cellphone Jamming in prisons is passed by the FCC 31. A newly licensed amateur is charged by the FCC with unauthorized operation 32. Teenage DxPeditioner joins the Andaman Island DxPedition team 33. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how to properly prepare for an amateur radio outing, such as Parks On The Air * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1923 to see how amateurs were investigating all sorts of things including aurora and even DXpeditions, as he wraps up with Part Two of the story titled, "High Latitudes and Low Wavelengths" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Hello and welcome to episode 81 of The DX Mentor – a discussion with Gregg Marco, W6IZT, about the upcoming DXPedition to Saba Island, PJ6Y. I'm Bill, AJ8B. If this is the first time you are joining us, Welcome! We have a back catalog covering many aspects of DX in both podcast and YouTube format. Please check us out. If you like what you find, please subscribe, like, and share to always be notified about upcoming events! Another way to keep in touch and to see what we are up to is via the DX Mentor Facebook page. I will be posting about upcoming podcasts as well as other DX events so please follow us. You can check the show notes for any of the information that we discussed today. In addition to Greg, Joe, W8GEX will be joining us. Gregg has been a guest before, and we are very appreciative that he was able to fit us in as the DXPedition leaves in 7 days! Before we connect with Gregg and Joe, I would like to pass this along. You may recall that we previously did a podcast with Bob, WB2UBW, and a discussion about the Western KY DX Association DX Workshop. I was there and it was terrific. I had several listeners stop by to say hello and offer suggestions and appreciation for the DX Mentor Podcast. These included Chuck, W0CRB, KD4MJR. Ariella, and Mike, N4JRO. I had excellent in person QSOs with each of them and really enjoyed the discussion. DXPedition Website: https://pj6y2025.com/News Articles: https://www.dx-world.net/pj6y-saba-island-dxpedition/Q5 (W1DED) YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@q5hamradio K3LR YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@DXEngineering Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/
In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Allan Wiener WBCQ. We would like to thank our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Amateur Radio Preps to Defend Antenna Legislation FCC Legalizes Jamming Of Mobile Phones By Prisons A Big Dxpedition Win For African Teen Hams Needed to Track NASA Moon Mission A First For Hams at Nuclear Cleanup Site ISS SSTV Events Upcoming OFCOM Reviews License Procedures for Some Satellites WRTC 2026 UK Updates
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1388 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: October 4, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence. KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:40:17 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1388 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Registration Continues / AMSAT-DL Hosts futureGEO Meeting 2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 3. WIA: Equatorial Guinea Still Off The Bands - Italian Hams Back On 40 MegaHertz 4. WIA: Update: AM Radio For Every Vehicle Bill Advances IN US Congress 5. RAC: Canadian Special Event Operation To Highlight Fire Prevention Week 6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Licensing Update During United States Government Shutdown 7. ARRL: FCC Issues Notice Of Violation For Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions And Denial Of Inspection 8. ARRL: Ham Radio Influencers Rally Around Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act 9. ARRL Simulated Emergency Test Is Coming Up In October 10. ARRL: Radio Activations During Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto 11. ARRL: Preview The 20th Annual ARRL Online Auction October 7th thru the 9th 12. ARRL: New Leadership For The ARRL New Hampshire Section 13. ARRL: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Will Operate Special Event Station N2S 14. New Zealand Weather Radar Is Destroyed By A Direct Lightning Hit 15. Amateur Radio Is Incorporated Into A Nuclear Cleanup Drill For The First Time 16. Cell Phone Jamming In Prisons Is Passed By The FCC 17. Newly Licensed Ham Is Charged By The FCC With Unauthorized Operation 18. Upcoming Pennsylvania QSO Party Offers New Incentives 19. World Space Week Will Feature Special SSTV Transmissions From The ISS 20. Teenager Joins Andaman Island DxPedition Team 21. RSGB: Must See Presentations At The Upcoming RSGB 2025 Convention 22. Volunteer Monitor Program Report 23. AMSAT: AMSAT 2025 Board Of Directors Election results are announced 24. AMSAT: Open letter from AMSAT-SM highlights the need for full duplex handheld transceivers 25. AMSAT: The Wow@Home projects builds worldwide SDR telescope network 26. WIA: China's great Solar Wall is a real big deal visible from space 27. WIA: NASA contracts with SpaceX to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030 28. ARRL: NASA is requesting amateurs to assist in passively tracking the upcoming Artemis Moon Mission 29. ARRL: National Council on Volunteer Examiners Question Pool Committee removes Extra Class Question 30. ARD: The MORE Project seeks to license 500 youth interested in amateur radio 31: Local radio club helps residents to learn how to program Weather Alert Radios properly Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will attempt to answer the question "Where's The Fun In That?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. Will returns this week with a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1923 to see how amateurs were investigating all sorts of things including aurora and even DXpeditions. This will be Part One of the story titled, "High Latitudes and Low Wavelengths" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
GB2RS News Sunday, the 5th of October 2025 The news headlines: Don't miss out – book now for the RSGB 2025 Convention! Join October's Tonight@8 webinar for a fascinating talk on a Marshall Islands DXpedition The RSGB is helping to promote JOTA activities in October Today, Sunday the 5th of October, is the last day for you to buy your RSGB 2025 Convention and dinner tickets. The online ticketing portal closes at 11:59 p.m. tonight, so please act quickly to ensure your attendance. You will be able to purchase a Convention ticket at the door, but not at the reduced rate currently available. The event is taking place between the 10th and 12th of October in Milton Keynes, and this year's theme is “Discover, Learn, Progress”. To start planning your weekend, go to rsgb.org/convention and download the Convention programme and speaker information. You'll also be able to view the menus, as well as see what forums and drop-in sessions you can attend. Click on ‘What else is happening at the Convention?' to find details on the AMSAT-UK Colloquium, Special Interest Groups, as well as information on Friday's tour of Bletchley Park and the RSGB National Radio Centre. Don't forget that if it is your first time at the event, pop along to the new ‘Welcome desk' that will be set up in the bar on the Friday evening. If you're going to the Convention, remember to make sure you have your QR code ready to collect your badge at the conference centre. This can either be on your mobile or as a printed copy. The QR code can be found in your purchase email, as well as in the reminder email, which will be sent out this week. If you are unable to travel to the Convention, the RSGB will be livestreaming a selection of lectures. Find out how to join the livestream via rsgb.org/livestream If you have tickets for the Gala Dinner on Saturday and wish to reserve a table with friends, send your name and callsign details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk Jamie Williams, M0SDV, will be talking you through a DXpedition to the Marshall Islands for the RSGB's next Tonight@8 webinar tomorrow, the 6th of October. In February 2025, the V73WW team made 103,864 QSOs using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The team of six came from four countries, with the operators having an average age of only 28. Jamie is a 24-year-old radio amateur who has been involved with the hobby since 2015 and has been busy with contests and DXpeditions ever since. The Tonight@8 webinars are livestreamed for free on the RSGB's YouTube channel and special BATC channel, allowing you to watch the presentations and ask questions online. Go to rsgb.org/webinars for more information. Jamboree on the Air, also known as JOTA, is taking place between the 17th and 19th of October. The event promotes friendship and global citizenship and is a brilliant celebration of amateur radio among the groups within the Scout Association. Samuel McCutchion, M0UEL, is the RSGB Youth Champion for Scouts, Cadets and Guides, and he is compiling a list of JOTA stations which will be shared on the RSGB website. Sam is encouraging everyone to get involved either by putting a station on the air or listening out for the JOTA stations. If you are part of a Scouting group and are planning to get involved with JOTA, then please contact youthchampion.scouts@rsgb.org.uk with a summary of your station name, callsign and any other relevant information. The RSGB is offering four awards for GB2RS news broadcasts that were logged between the 1st of August and the 30th of September. The awards are part of several activities that have been taking place to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the weekly news broadcast. Applications for awards should be submitted no later than the 31st of October 2025, and should be sent to the RSGB Awards Manager via awards@rsgb.org.uk. The certificates are free of charge and will be supplied as a PDF. Find out more via rsgb.org/gb70rs On Wednesday, the 8th of October, YouTuber James, M0GQC, will be broadcasting his next live episode from the RSGB National Radio Centre. James will be active from approximately 6.30 pm on the 40m band using the GB3RS callsign. His channel @HamRadioOnline is an interactive show where people can call in or simply watch the station live on YouTube. If you haven't already got the Centre's callsign in your logbook, this is a great opportunity to do so. The next Essex CW Amateur Radio Club Boot Camp will be held on Saturday, the 18th of October 2025. Due to cancellations, a few places have become available. If you would like a day practising and improving your CW skills in a friendly, supportive atmosphere, then email Steve, G4OCP at info@essexcw.org.uk before the 7th of October. And now for details of rallies and events Today, the 5th, the 50th Welsh Radio Rally is taking place at Llanwern High School, Hartridge Farm Road, Newport in South Wales. The doors are open for traders from 7 am and for the public from 9.30 am. Admission costs £3. For more information, email welshradiorally@gmail.com On Sunday, the 12th of October, the Autumn Dartmoor Radio Club Rally will take place at Yelverton War Memorial Hall, Meavy Lane, Yelverton. The doors open at 10 am and admission is £3. For more information, email 2e0rph@gmail.com Also on Sunday the 12th, Hornsea Amateur Radio Club's Annual Rally will take place at Driffield Showground in East Yorkshire. Exhibitors can gain access from 8 am, and visitors are welcome from 10 am. For more information, email lbjpinkney1@hotmail.co.uk Now the Special Event news To celebrate 130 years since the birth of radio and 100 years since the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union, lots of special event stations are active from Italy. You can see live updates on all of the stations and their most recent contacts via the II1IARU page at QRZ.com Special callsign GB70RS is in use to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the RSGB's weekly news service GB2RS, which has been running continuously since the 25th of September 1955. A team of amateurs is using the callsign on a variety of bands and modes. QSL via the Bureau, Logbook of the World and eQSL. For more information, visit the GB70RS page at QRZ.com Now the DX news Nine operators are active with five stations as V6D from Chuuk, OC-011, in Micronesia until tomorrow, the 6th. The station is active on the 160 to 6m bands using CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY. QSL via Club Log's OQRS is preferred, or via DL4SVA. See v6d.mydx.de for more information. Bernhard, DL2GAC, is active again as H44MS from Malaita Island, OC-047, in the Solomon Islands until the 25th of November. Listen for activity on the 80 to 6m bands using SSB and FT8. QSL directly via Bernhard's home call or the Bureau. Now the contest news Both the IARU and RSGB 432MHz to 245GHz Contests started at 1400 UTC yesterday, the 4th, and end at 1400 UTC today, the 5th of October. Using all modes on 432MHz to 245GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The UK Microwave Group 24 to 76GHz Contest runs from 0900 to 1700 UTC today, the 5th of October. Using all modes on 24 to 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The RSGB Autumn Series CW Contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC tomorrow, the 6th. Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday, the 7th of October, the RSGB 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1855 UTC. Using FM on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Tuesday, the 7th of October, the RSGB 144MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130 UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday, the 8th of October, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 four-hour Activity Contest runs from 1700 UTC to 2100 UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report and four-character locator. Also on Wednesday, the 8th of October, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 two-hour Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2100 UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report and four-character locator. On Thursday, the 9th of October, the RSGB 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130 UTC. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Oceania DX CW Contest starts at 0600 UTC on Saturday, the 11th and ends at 0600 UTC on Sunday, the 12th of October. Using CW and SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday the 2nd of October 2025 Last week was characterised by very unsettled geomagnetic conditions with a Kp index that reached 7.33 on the 30th of September and was often above 5. This is not good for HF propagation! But what caused this? A high-speed solar wind stream at around 750 kilometres per second, coupled with the Bz component of the Sun's magnetic field pointing south, led to the disruption. But there didn't seem to be any particular solar event that triggered the high-speed solar wind stream. The Russell-McPherron effect is probably to blame. This is a phenomenon where the alignment of the Earth's and the Sun's magnetic fields, during the equinoxes around March and September, allows charged particles from the solar wind to more easily penetrate the Earth's magnetosphere. This enhanced connection leads to more intense geomagnetic storms and increased aurora activity as the Bz aligns favourably with the Earth's magnetic field at these times. This may pass as we get further into October. As a result of the geomagnetic storm, maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs, have often been lower than normal. A quick listen on 28MHz on Wednesday, the 1st of October, confirmed the poor conditions. It's a shame, as October is normally a fantastic month for HF DX. The solar flux index peaked at 187 on the 30th of September, having been above 170 since the 28th of September. Next week, NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will remain above 150 to 160 all week. The good news is that geomagnetic conditions are forecast to improve, with a maximum Kp index of 3. If that comes to pass, we can expect HF to be better after a day or two, and we might be able to make the most of the autumnal conditions for DX. And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO The current spell of unsettled weather, mainly over northern areas, is typical of the season, but it's also common to find high pressure passing by in between the deeper lows. In the current pattern, the highs are mainly for the southern half of Britain. This will bring some good Tropo conditions at times for the VHF and UHF bands. As we head into autumn, these lifts may linger through much of the morning on some days before the temperature rise breaks down any temperature inversion. A good clue is that it's usually over when the overnight fog clears. On the other hand, there will probably be some good rain scatter opportunities on the GHz bands as the active lows push fronts across the country, especially in the north. There are signs that we may return to high pressure over the country during the RSGB 2025 Convention weekend from the 10th to the 12th of October. We have a meteor shower to play with during the coming week. The Draconids peak on Wednesday, the 8th of October, but the shower stream is spread over the whole of the week. Lastly, there have been some reasonable auroral events recently, so, as usual, keep a watch on the Kp index going over 5 since, as we said earlier, these autumn months are very much favoured for auroral activity. For EME operators, the Moon's declination is increasing and goes positive tomorrow, the 6th, so lengthening Moon windows and increasing peak elevation is the story for the coming week. Path losses continue to fall as we approach perigee on the 8th of October. 144MHz sky noise will be low for much of the next seven days. And that's all from the propagation team this week.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1387 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 27, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:36:02 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1387 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT 2025 Board of Directors Election Results Announced To Membership 2. AMSAT: AMSAT July/August 2025 AMSAT Journal Now Available for Member Download 3. AMSAT: Open Letter From AMSAT-SM Highlights Need For Full Duplex Handheld Radio 4. AMSAT: Wow@Home Project Builds Worldwide SDR Telescope Network to Monitor the Sky 5. AMSAT: Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL Debuts With Record Cargo Delivery To The ISS 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WIA: China's Great Solar Wall Is A Big Deal 8. WIA: NASA Contracts With SpaceX To Deorbit The International Space Station 9. WIA: California County Helping Residents Get Licensed and Provide Radios 10. ARRL: Wants Every Ham To Help Pass The Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act Now In Congress 11. ARRL: Hams Needed To Assist In Tracking Upcoming NASA Moon Mission 12. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: Use Your Ham Radio For Public Service 13. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Extra Class Question E6D07 From Use 14. ARRL: JOTA - JOTI Amateur Radios Largest On The Air Scouting Events 15. ARD: MORE Project Seeks To License Youth Interested In Amateur Radio 16. SUNY: SUNY Canton EMS Joins County-Wide Emergency Communications Simulation 17. Radio Club In California Helps Local Hams Replace Radios Lost In The Recent Wildfires 18. Programming Emergency Weather Radios Can Be A Struggle 19. Satellite License Procedures Under Review By Ofcom 20. CYØS Team Announce DXpedition Dates To Sable Island 21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional/Divisional Conventions and HamFests 22. AMSAT: Amateur Radio CubeSats deployed from the ISS on September 19th 23. WIA: Four NASA research volunteers entered the MARS Habitat to be in isolation for months 24. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain issues a response to the recent Ofcom Consultation 25. WIA: DxPedition team loses equipment to large ocean waves 26. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications seeks volunteers for its 2026 committees 27. Amateur Radio licenses are suspended in Equatorial Guinea 28. A US FM pirate broadcaster receives a $920,000 penalty from the Federal Communications Commission 29. RSGB: The Radio Society of Great Britain DMR project restarts in schools across the UK Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell you how he has fun when he Plays With SDR Radio * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Solar Weather and Terrestrial Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with Part Two of a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1922 where we find the steadily increasing use of CW paralleled exploration of ever shorter wavelengths, and the two pursuits complemented each other. Amateurs were setting new records at a whirlwind pace. This weeks episode is titled, "Trans-Pacifics" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1386 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 20, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:36:02 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1386 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: CubeSats Deployed From The International Space Station On September 19th 2. AMSAT: Space Station's Silver Jubilee Celebrated With Silver Research 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Four Research Volunteers Will Enter Mars Habitat Isolation 5. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain Responds To Ofcom Consultation 6. WIA: DXpedition Team Loses Equipment To Large Ocean Waves 7. ARRL: ARRL Launches Nationwide Grassroots Campaign To Pass Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act 8. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: Know Your Risk 9. ARRL: Gear Packed For 3YØK DXpedition To Bouvet In February 2026 10. ARRL: Section Manager Workshop Held At League Headquarters 11. ARRL: WWV Amateur Radio Club To Host Special Event Stations, Using The Callsign WWØWWV 12. ARRL: Nominations For Orlando HamCation's 2026 Awards Are Now Open 13. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers For 2026 Committees 14. ShakeOut 2025 – Amateur Radio Support For United States Geological Survey 15. Radio Hall Of Fame Posthumously Inducted Silent Key 16. Amateur Radio Licenses Suspended In Equatorial Guinea 17. FM Broadcast Station Receives $920,000 Piracy Penalty From The FCC 18. Parks On The Air Group Grows Statewide Across Minnesota 19. RCA Technical Symposium Offers Cryptology And Space Side Trips 20. The Radio Society Of Great Britains DMR Project Restarts In Schools Across The UK 21. Changes Are Made To The Citizen Band Radio Rules & Amateur Repeater Regulations In Australia 22. Voyager One Is Almost One Light Day Away From Earth 23. ARRL: Churches and Chapels on the air special event 24. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listing 25. RW: Russia's mysterious shortwave station UVB-76 (Buzzer) resumes broadcasting cryptic messages 26. AMSAT: AMSAT Ambassadors show at HamXposition Convention 27. AMSAT: AMSAT announces two new Gridmaster Award recipients 28. WIA: Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) selects six recipients for scholarships 29: ARRL National Preparedness Month: Ham Radio Supply List 30: ARRL: ARRL Section Manager Nomination results are announced 31. FCC: ASTSpaceMobile is granted limited use of the amateur radio bands by the FCC 32. Amateur operators in India are mandated to convert from paper license to digital 33. Current Solar Cycle prediction methodology raises some doubts with researchers 34. FCC: Mobile phone jamming inside prisons is under consideration by the Commission 35. Direct satellite to mobile devices service is considered by Ofcom the regulation in the United Kingdom Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how Amateur Radio has changed his world view * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us back to 1922 where we find the steadily increasing use of CW paralleled exploration of ever shorter wavelengths, and the two pursuits complemented each other. Amateurs were setting new records at a whirlwind pace. This week Part One of an episode titled, "Trans-Pacifics" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 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A más de 12.000 kilómetros de España, existe una isla inhóspita, barrida por tormentas, considerada uno de los lugares más remotos del planeta: Bouvet. En 2026, un equipo internacional de 24 radioaficionados se embarcará en una misión épica para activar este “Santo Grial” del DX, con helicópteros, un rompehielos y millones de dólares en juego. En este episodio te contamos la historia detrás del fracaso de 2023, el plan maestro para 2026 y los protagonistas que lo harán posible. Entre ellos, LU9ESD, miembro de 3Y0K, que estará la próxima semana en Iberradio para revelar en exclusiva todos los detalles. Prepárate para un viaje sonoro con recreaciones, testimonios y la emoción de un pile-up histórico que aún no ha ocurrido. Y recordaremos la DXpedition de 3Y0J en 2023 con NP4G, Otis, y su paso por el podcast para explicarnos todos los detalles. ¿Nos apoyas para que podamos seguir haciendo este podcast? Puedes apoyarnos en QRP con 1,99€ al mes o un poco más de potencia en QRO, con 5,99€ al mes aquí: https://cqenfrecuencia.com/apoyar/ NOTAS DEL EPISODIO - DXpedition 3Y0K https://3y0k.com/ Envía tus preguntas, propuestas de temas o lo que quieras: https://cqenfrecuencia.com/contacto/ O en nuestro canal de Telegram: https://t.me/cqenfrecuencia Y no olvidéis de visitar nuestra web: https://cqenfrecuencia.com No olvides el like, subscribirte y/o darle a la campanita para no perderte ningún episodio de nuestro podcast! Nos encontrarás también en Spotify y Youtube.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1385 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 13, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:39:34 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1385 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. Russia's Mysterious Buzzer Resumes Broadcast With Secret Codes 2. FCC: FCC Chairman Climbs Nexstar Broadcast Tower To Promote Industry, and Jobs 3. AMSAT: AMSAT Ambassadors Show At HamXposition Convention 4. AMSAT: AMSAT Announces Two New GridMaster Award Recipients 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: Young Ladies Radio League Selects Six Recipients For Scholarships 7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Serves During New England Tornadoes 8. ARRL: National Preparedness Month – Ham Radio Supply List 9. ARRL: ARRL Section Manager Nomination Results 10. ARRL: Arkansas Club Shares Ham Radio At Maker Faire 11. ARRL: Northern Panhandle Amateur Radio Club Will Operate W8ZQ, For POW / MIA Awareness Special Event 12. AST SpaceMobile Is Granted Limited Use Of The Amateur Bands By The FCC 13. Indian Amateurs Are Mandated To Convert To Digital Licenses 14. Solar Cycle Prediction Methodology Raises Doubts 15. Mobile Phone Jamming At Prisons Is Eyed By The FCC 16. Amateurs Across New York State Activate The States Erie Canal 17. Satellite To Cellphone Service Is Considered By Ofcom The UK Regulator 18. World RadioSport Championship Wild Card Members Are Chosen 19. ARRL: Battleship Iowa upcoming special event station 20. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings 21. LBK: Equatorial Guinea suspends all amateur licenses in the country 22. AMSAT: NASA seeks volunteers to assist in tracking the upcoming Artemis II mission 23. WIA: NASA deploys a 39 foot wide radar antenna in orbit 24. XRN: High power shortwave stock trading transmitters adjacent to amateur HF bands 25. TVR: The FCC will allow ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC to shutdown free ATSC 1.0 and switch to ATSC 3.0 26. ARRL: National Preparedness Month is here. 12 ways to prepare 27. ARRL: ARRL Labs helps radio amateurs avoid interfering with the US Space Force PAVE PAWS radar 28. Band plans changes for 30 meters is eyed by New Zealand amateurs 29. Well known European Amateur Radio Retailer halts shipments to the US due to tariffs Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, in amateur radio, How Small is Small? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. W2XOY, Silent Key, returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives. This week we look back at the events of 9-11-2001, when Bill found himself in New York City on that fateful morning, and how radio helped him escape the city * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Hello and welcome to episode 77 of The DX Mentor - details about the upcoming 3C2MD DXPedition to Bioko Island AF-010, Equatorial Guinea. I'm Bill, AJ8B. This DXPedition will run from October 30th till November 10th. A multinational team of 14 operators from the Mediterraneo DX Club will be on-air with callsign 3C2MD.To discuss this DXPedition as well as his own amateur radio journey, we have Steve, AG4W, as our guest. As always, I will have Joe, W8GEX.If this is the first time you are joining us, Welcome! We have a back catalog covering many aspects of DX in both podcast and YouTube format. Please check us out. If you like what you find, please subscribe, like, and share to always be notified about upcoming events! Another way to keep in touch and to see what we are up to is via the DX Mentor Facebook page. I will be posting about upcoming podcasts as well as other DX events so please follow us. You can check the show notes for any of the information that we discussed today. 3C2MD Webpage https://www.mdxc.support/3c2md/3C2MD Survey: https://www.mdxc.support/3c2md/survey/Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/
In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Q&A Plus. We would like to thank Simon Wilton (G7HCD) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years of Service Resilience Through Amateur Radio for National Preparedness Month 2025 Hams Help Sonoma Springs Residents with GMRS A Radio Homecoming, One Century Later Ocean Washes Away Almost All Expeditioners' Equipment NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Orion Spacecraft in 2026 WRTC 2026 Announces PRIME Sponsor! Icom Unveils the IC-7300MK2 — The Evolution of a HF Legend! Hans Summers, G0UPL Confirmed as the RSGB Convention After-Dinner Speaker ESC Announces Updated Version of the Direct to Full Syllabus UK National Hamfest Pre-Show Walkaround Video
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1384 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 6, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ,Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:44:59 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1384 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARD: ROC-HAM Radio Network Celebrates 200th Anniversary of Erie Canal 2. AMSAT: NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission 3. AMSAT Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: NASA Deploys 39 Foot Wide Radar Antenna In Orbit 5. XRN: Weapons Detection At 300 GigaHertz 6. XRN: Earthquake Prediction Experiments Continue / PhasorLabs Experiments With Spread Spectrum 7. XRN: High Power Shortwave Stock Trading - An Update 8. TVT: The FCC Will Allow ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations To Shutdown Free ATSC 1.0 & Switch To ATSC 3.0 9. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: 12 Ways To Prepare 10. ARRL: Northeast HamXposition Draws Crowds 11. ARRL: Ham YouTubers Boost ARRL Teachers Institute 12. ARRL: ARRL Lab Helps Radio Amateurs Avoid Interfering With US Space Force PAVE PAWS Radar 13. ARRL: Team USA Earns Medals At ARDF World Championships In Lithuania 14. ARRL: K6C Will Operate At The California State Capitol Park On Tuesday, September 9th 15. ARRL: The Swedish Amateur Radio Association To Celebrate Its 100th Anniversary Sept 10 thru Oct 12th 2025 16. NZART: Band Plan Changes For 30 Meters Is Eyed By New Zealand Society of Radio Transmitters 17. RAC: Straight Key Night Is Now On The Air In Canada 18. European Amateur Radio Retailer Halts Shipments To The US Due To Tariffs 19. Japan Amateurs Optimistic On Their New Multi-Mode Linear Transponder 20. Markus Baseler, DL6YYM, BA-MA-TECH Owner SK 21. ARRL: The Hurricane Watch Net enters the world of Podcasting 22. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contesting and Regional Convention Listing 23. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 24. RW: Ham radio uses explain why they are worried about AST SpaceMobile Satellite use of the 70cm band 25. AMSAT: Amateur weather satellite reception opportunities beyond the retiring POES Fleet 26. ARRL: Interview with ARRL CEO David Minster now available on The DX Mentor Podcast on YouTube 27. ARRL: Resilience through amateur radio is the theme of National Preparedness Month 2025 28. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee is reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers 29. Delays plague the launch of AST SpaceMobile Satellites Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, gets back to his Bald Yak Project, and in this edition, he covers the process of Getting Raw Data From A Remote Receiver * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * September edition of The Volunteer Monitoring Report * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the late 1920's. Though radio had changed rapidly and radically during the 1920's, that change only accelerated in the early 20's. New regulations, the broadcast boom, the abandonment of spark for CW, and new transmitter, receiver, and antenna designs were all happening simultaneously. This week's edition is titled, "New Circuits" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1383 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: August 30, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:48:06 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1383 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RW: Ham Radio Users Explain Why They're Worried About AST SpaceMobile's Satellite Plans 2. AMSAT: Amateur Weather Satellite Reception Opportunities Beyond The Retired POES Fleet (NOAA-15/18/19) 3. AMSAT: Meteoglider Offers Reusable Radiosonde Alternative For High Altitude Weather Data Collection 4. AMSAT: SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 To Demonstrate Expanded Booster And Upper Stage Test Objectives 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: Collins - Rewind 7. ARRL: Interview With ARRL CEO: Details On Recent Board Meeting, Huntsville Fest, Legislative Advocacy & DX 8. ARRL: Resilience Through Amateur Radio For National Preparedness Month 2025 9. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years Of Service 10. ARRL: FCC Batch Filing System Unavailable 11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators And Shortwave Listeners Invited To Participate In A Unique Event On Aug. 30th 12. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee Is Reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers 13. ARRL: HandiHam Program's 58th Anniversary 14. Sailing Vessel Is Helped By The Maritime Mobile Network 15. Route 66 On The Air Adds An Aeronautical Rover 16. Launch Delays Plague AST SpaceMobile Satellites 17. Sonoma California Residents Build GMRS Network With The Help Of Local Hams 18. Young Operators Recruited By Andaman Island DxPedition 19. ARD: European Amateur Radio Retailer halts purchases and shipments to the United States due to tariffs 20. AMSAT: AMSAT organizations continue to challenge AST SpaceMobile Use of the 70 centimeter band 21. AMSAT: A NASA satellite relied on by both scientists and farmers may be destroyed on purpose 22. WIA: FCC tracks down a device at a local business that has been causing interference 23. NARA: The National Association of Radio Amateurs announces its Club Week coming up this fall 24. RI: The FCC opens a rulemaking on revamping the entire US Emergency Alert System 25. NASA: NASA is predicting that Betelgeuse may go supernova soon 26. ARRL: The candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director position elections have been announced 27. ARRL: The league presents awards to the best of amateur radio 28. ARRL: ARRL announces a new book release on constructing stealth antennas 29: ARRL: Scientists and amateurs are hacking for SETI at The Allen Telescope Array 30: The Federal Government announces that broadcast funding for new EAS equipment excludes public radio & TV 31. Unauthorized handheld transceivers are the target for officials in India 32. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions and HamFests Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how to use "An SDR as Measuring Equipment" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine, to March 20th, 1923, when Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened his second national radio conference and where amateurs are assigned a band of wavelengths for the first time. This week is the concluding Part Two of a series titled "First Band, Top Band" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 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Hello and welcome to episode 76 of The DX Mentor – a discussion about the most recent ARRL Board Meeting as well as an update on the Huntsville Hamfest, an update happenings in Washington and a potpourri of other ARRL goodies. My guests are Joe, W8GEX, and David, NA2AA,CEO of the ARRL. I'm Bill, AJ8B. If this is the first time you are joining us, Welcome! We have a back catalog covering many aspects of DX in both podcast and YouTube format. Please check us out. If you like what you find, please subscribe, like, and share to always be notified about upcoming events! Another way to keep in touch and to see what we are up to is via the DX Mentor Facebook page. I will be posting aboutupcoming podcasts as well as other DX events so please follow us. You can check the show notes for any of the information that we discussed today. You may wonder what a discussion with the ARRL CEO has to do with an episode of The DX Mentor? I think there are several things that link us together. First, the DXCC program IS an ARRL program. You can't separate the two. DXPeditions exist because they have the funding, the need, and the acceptance by the DXCC Desk to be “legal' and will count towards DXCC programs rewards and acknowledgement. Secondly, there is no other organization that works to protect the spectrum like the ARRL does. There have been countless attempts to procure parts of our spectrum that have been defeated due to the actions of the ARRL. The current work to remove restrictions for homeowners another example of the ARRL at work.Finally, David is a DXer and a contester! He works the DX and is the DX. He is also a CW fanatic. So, he is a fit for this podcast. Tune in as Joe, W8GEX, and I discuss this DXPeditionLet's get started!
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1382 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: August 23, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:51:37 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1382 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: MESAT1 Named A Finalist In Global Satellite Contest 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Organizations Continue To Challenge AST SpaceMobile Use Of Ham Radio Spectrum 3. AMSAT: NASA Satellite That Scientists And Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: FCC Cites Device In Use At A Spa For Interference 6. ARD: Club Week is Coming This Fall 7. RI: FCC To Open Rulemaking On Revamping United States Emergency Alert System 8. NASA: NASA Says Betelgeuse May Go Supernova Soon 9. ARRL: Candidates Named For ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections 10. ARRL: The Best Of Amateur Radio Honored With ARRL Awards 11. ARRL: New ARRL Book Release: Stealth Antennas For Ham Radio 12. ARRL: Lou Dietrich, N2TU, Noted DXer, Past INDEXA Chairman, Passes Away 13. ARRL: Hacking For SETI At The Allen Telescope Array 14. ARRL: The Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club Will Participate In Jamboree-On-The-Air 15. ARRL: Wedding Day QSOs From Mount Princeton In Colorado 16. An Important Part Of The South Georgia DxPedition Will Involve Youth 17. Federal Emergency Alert Grants Will Exclude Public Radio 18. AST SpaceMobile Proposes Its Satellite Launch Window 19. Student Satellite Project From Canada Moves Ahead 20. Unauthorized Handheld Radios Are The Target Of Indian Officials 21. Radio Society of Great Britain Invites The World To Work In UK 22. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contests 23. CYN: Fatal Texas floods trigger the FCC to review and possibly update the US Emergency Alert System 24. ARD: A candidate for US Congress focuses on issues related to amateur radio 25. AMSAT: New ISS Crew expands the space station population to eleven 26. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies file comments with the FCC on AST/70cm concerns 27. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters are seeking access to encrypted Police Scanner traffic 28. HKDY: WiFi is being allowed near the Greenback Observatory in the West Virginia Radio Quiet Zone for the first time 29. ARRL: Amateurs prepare for the forecasted busy Hurricane Season 30. NOAA: Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites are being decommissioned 31. NOAA: The National Weather Service is now hiring following recent mass firings 32. Florida retirees are preparing for the upcoming storm season by building a local radio network 33. ARD: The HamCation Awards Committee seeks nominations for the upcoming 2026 season Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will explain "How to listen to local RF via a web browser." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine, to March 20th, 1923, when Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened his second National Radio Conference and where amateurs are assigned a band of wavelengths for the first time. This week is Part One of a Two-Part series titled, "First Band, Top Band" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1381 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: August 16, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:36:19 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1381 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC Moves To Protect US Submarine Cables From Foreign Adversaries 2. CYN: Fatal Texas Floods Trigger FCC Review Of US Emergency Alert System 3. ARD: Candidate For US Congress Focuses On Issues Related To Amateur Radio 4. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speaker Announced 5. AMSAT: NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Mission Ends In Disappointment 6. AMSAT: International Space Station Crew Expands To Eleven 7. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies File Comments With The FCC On AST/70cm Concerns 8. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters Want Access To Police Scanner Information For Emergencies 9. HKDY: Wi-Fi Being Allowed Near Green Bank Observatory For First Time Ever 10. ARRL: Amateurs Prepare For Forecasted Busy Hurricane Season 11. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Awards Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, The 2025 Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship 12. ARRL: Hams Track Campers' High-Altitude Balloon, Decode Images 13. ARRL: ARRL Serving Its Members: NU2W's Story 14. ARRL: Seven Year Old Gertrude Takagi Earns Her Amateur Radio License 15. ARRL: 26th Anniversary Of The Route 66 Special Event 16. Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites Are Decommissioned 17. National Weather Service Now Rehiring Following Recent Mass Firings 18. Upcoming 3Y0K DxPedition Sites Legal Issues For Cancellation Of Lottery 19. Amateurs In The United Kingdom Accept The Challenge To Build Balloon Tracker 20. Florida Retirees Prepare For Upcoming Storm Season 21. Indiana Amateurs Celebrate Parks Centennial By Having A POTA Activation 22. Australian Young Amateurs Prepare For Their First Youth On The Air Contest 23. ARD: HamCation Awards Seeks Nominations For 2026 Season 24. ARRL: The Swedish Amateur Radio Society, SSA, will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on September 10, 2025 25. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing 26. AMSAT: AO-123 FM Transponder To Enter Continuous Service / Ham-TV is activated on the Space Station 27. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada develops Auxiliary Communications Service 28. IARU: Registration for IARU Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open 29. ARRL: New ARRL DXCC Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed On Three Modes 30. ARRL: Jobs for amateurs at ARRL Headquarters 31. Indian student amateurs are seeking a patent on new lightning avoidance device 32. HOIP: HamShack Hotline users are invited to apply for service on Hams Over IP Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss How To Decode Distant Signals Over The Web. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with the conclusion of his three part series titled, "Crossings, The Reply". We witness another Atlantic Crossing, but this time European as well as American amateurs are participating. ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Hello and welcome to episode 74 of The DX Mentor - details about an upcoming IOTA DXPedition. I'm Bill, AJ8BHere is our guests story as presented by Bernie, W3UR: A team composed of Cezar (VE3LYC), Felipe (XQ7IR), and Johan (PA3EXX) plans to activate Pajaros Rocks, SA-100 between August 18th and the 23rd. These rocks are located in the north of Chile, about 100 km south of Iquique, in the vicinity of the fishermen's village of Caleta Lobos. One of these two rocks has a round shape with a diameter of just under 60 m, while the second one is oval in shape, about 60 by 30 m. Both rocks are very rugged, and landing can only be attempted by swimming to them and pacing against the waves. They also have very steep slopes, and host colonies of sealions and cormorants. Two reputed amateur radio teams attempted to land and operate from these rocks in 2018 and 2019, but their efforts were regretfully unsuccessful. Despite these setbacks, an independent project to bring Pajaros on the air continued to be pursued, but was initially postponed due to the covid pandemic, and then due to other DXpedition projects that emerged. Cezar and Johan carried out together several IOTA expeditions in the past. As such, they operated from Hershel (SA-031), Diego Ramirez (SA-097), Sandy (OC-294), and Escondida (SA-096). Escondida is a rather much similar rock to Pajaros, just but larger in size, about 100 x 35 m and not as steep. Consequently, we expect that the landing logistics and challenges in dealing with wildlife will be also similar. Felipe and Cezar will team up for the upcoming 3Y0K DXpedition to Bouvet, which is scheduled for February 2026. It was during their discussions on Bouvet that joining forces on Pajaros came into focus, and a concrete plan for the latter began to be developed. Together with Johan, they worked closely in planning how best to handle every single aspect of this project. Here are resources mentioned in the Podcast3G1P Website: https://3g1psa-100.weebly.com/VE3LYC Book on DX Adventures: https://ve3lyc-book.weebly.com/Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1380 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: August 9, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:37:36 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1380 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AO-123 FM Transponder To Enter Continuous Service / HamTV Installed On The Space Station 2. AMSAT: NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 To Be Decommissioned 3. WIA: Radio Amateurs of Canada Develops Auxiliary Communications Service 4. IARU: Registration For The International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open 5. ASTM: No Interference? AST SpaceMobile Defends Use of Ham Radio Spectrum 6. ARRL: New ARRL DXCC Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed Entities On Three Modes 7. ARRL: ARRL Celebrates The Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Institute Week 8. ARRL: High Altitude Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operators 9. ARRL: HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party August 11th Through The 12th, 2025 10. ARRL: W9GIG, Passes Away 11. ARRL: Frank Butler, W4RH, Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Passes Away At 100 12. ARRL: The U.S. Coast Guard's 235th Birthday Will Be Celebrated On August 9th, 2025 13. ARRL: The 28th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Is Coming Up 14. ARRL: Jobs For Hams At ARRL Headquarters 15. The New ISS Crew-11 Starts Its Work On The Space Station 16. Navajo Code Talkers Of World War II Are Honored By Special Event Station 17. US/India Joint New Satellite Will Focus On Natural Disasters 18. Indian Student Amateurs Are Seeking A Patent On New Lightning Avoidance Device 19. Decoding Skills Are Tested By Upcoming Enigma Machine Special Event 20. HOIP: Hamshack Hotline Users Invited To Apply For Services At Hams Over IP 21. ARRL: ARRL was well-represented at the 2025 Maine State Convention in Augusta on August 2 22. ARRL: Polish Amateur Radio Union will celebrate the anniversaries of three Polish lighthouses August 9 – 17 23. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contests 24. AMSAT: AMSAT submits a formal objection to the AST SpaceMobile 70cm acquisition plan for satellite control 25. AMSAT: Amateur Radio enthusiasts decode SSMIS satellite data after DoD ends public access. 26. NCM: Washington DC area GMRS licensee files FCC Petition for VHF Low band allocations 27. ARRL: Introducing Radio Alpha, the ARRL Museum and Research Library 28. ARRL: ARRL special events app is now available for the Huntsville HamFest 29. ARRL: 28th International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend is coming up August 16/17 30. New callsign suffixes and prefixes are introduced in Sweden and India 31. International response to AST SpaceMobile 70cm commercial use plan 32. Radio related fees are on the rise in Pakistan Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, is having a quiet weekend and answers the question "What Can We Activate Today?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to October of 1922 when the second round of cross-Atlantic tests were being made. This time though, it was European stations turn to participate, We will here about it as Will presents Part Two of "Crossings, The Reply" * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1379 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: August 2, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:46:43 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1379 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Formal Objection To AST SpaceMobile Plan, FCC Records 2,220 Comments 2. AMSAT: Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Decode SSMIS After DoD Ends Public Hurricane Data Stream 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches NASA's TRACERS Mission To Study Solar Wind and Magnetic Reconnection 4. AMSAT: NASA, ISRO Set to Launch NISAR Satellite to Map Earth and Monitor Glaciers, Faults, and Crops 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. NCM: Washington DC Area GMRS Licensee Files FCC Petition For VHF Low Band Frequencies 7. ARRL: Ham Radio Responds During Tsunami Threat 8. ARRL: Introducing Radio Alpha, The ARRL Museum and Research Library 9. ARRL: ARRL Field Day 2025 Saw Growth In Participants And Entries 10. ARRL: ARRL Events App Available For Huntsville Hamfest 11. ARRL: 100th Anniversary Of The Wreck Of The USS Shenandoah Airship 12. ARRL: Yasme Foundation Awards A Grant To Cover License Exams For Youth In Malawi, Africa 13. ARRL: Doctor Ulrich L. Rohde, N1UL, Has Been Awarded The Bavarian Order Of Merit 14. ARRL: 28th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Will Take Place August 16 and 17, 2025 15. New Callsign Suffixes and Prefixes Are Introduced In Sweden and India 16. Station In Mexico To Honor Maximilian Kolbe The Patron Saint of Amateur Radio 17. International Response To Business FCC Filing For Amateur Radio Frequencies 18. Radio Related Fees Are On The Rise In Pakistan 19. Heritage and History Is The focus Of South African Awards 20. Amateurs Teach Police In India the advantages of the role amateur radio can play in crisis 21. ACUW: World longest lightning flash is confirmed as a new world record 22. WIA/RAC: Radio Amateurs Of Canada issues new Question Pool 23. FCC: FCC pirate radio crackdown hits a Washington State Ranch 24. FCC: 91 years ago marks the birth of the Federal Communications Commission 25. ARRL: ARRL Board Meeting Highlights 26. ARRL: ARRL files comments to protect the 70 centimeter amateur radio band 27. FCC: FCC Explores overhauling the Emergency Alert System, and regains its authority to hold Spectrum Auctions Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will comment on the proposed grab of our 70 centimeter band in a segment he calls, "Using The Amateur Band For Other Purposes." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to 1922 to witness yet another Cross-Atlantic test. In October of that year the ARRL announced that another round of Trans-Atlantic tests would be run in December, with preliminary trials from 25 October through 3 November. This time the test would include British, French and Dutch amateurs, and be two way communications ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1378 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: July 26, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:26:41 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1378 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Board Of Directors Election Underway 2. AMSAT: AMSAT-UK Supports Student Payload On Sub-Orbital Launch From Oman 3. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada Issues New Question Pools 4. FCC: FCC Pirate Radio Crackdown Hits Washington Ranch 5. FCC: 91 Years Ago Marks The Birth Of The Federal Communications Commission 6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Helps Locate Missing Mother and Son 7. ARRL: ARRL July Board Meeting Highlights 8. ARRL: QSL Manager Joseph L. Arcure, Jr., W3HNK, Passes Away At 91 9. ARRL: ARRL Files Comments To Protect The 70 Centimeter Amateur Band 10. ARRL: Beginning In Early August, Amateur Radio Frequencies Will Be Active With Feline and Canine QSO's 11. Field Testing At World RadioSport Site Conducted By Its Organizers 12. FCC Explores Overhauling The Emergency Alert System and Regains Authority For Spectrum Auction 13. British Amateurs To Activate UK Waterways Special Activations 14. AMSAT: ARISS Call for proposals for future school contacts now underway 15. WIA: Global Semiconductor production could be affected by current copper shortage 16. ARRL: Flex Radio equips the ARRL with a complete FlexRadio 8000 series station for W1AW 17. ARRL: The league urges members to take part in HamSci's Meteor Scatter QSO Party 18. ARRL: Antenna Safety - Look Up and Live 19. ARRL: Changes announced to the ARRL Pacific Division, Atlantic Division, and Sacramento Valley Section 20. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada announce that amateurs in the Yukon Territory now are a seperate RAC Section 21. ARRL: The ARRL and Radio Relay International sign a Memorandum of Understanding Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us "There's Promotion, and Then There's Amateur Radio" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY (SK) - The Ancient Amateur Archives. This week, Bill returns in this encore presentation of one of his most popular segments: A Brief History of Amateur Radio Repeaters ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1377 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: July 19, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY. Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Joshua Marlor, AA4DX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:37:38 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1377 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: ARISS Slow Scan Television Event Starts July 14th And Runs Through July 20th 2. AMSAT: ARISS Call for Proposals for School Contacts Now Underway 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: FCC West Coast Pirate Radio Enforcement 5. WIA: Global Semiconductor Production Could Be Affected By Copper Shortage 6. WIA/NL: Let's Go With The Flow...New Contest "Toilets On The Air" 7. ARD: Opposition to NextNav and AST SpaceMobile Encroachment on Amateur Radio Spectrum Continues. 8. FCC: Emergency Alert System Reform Added To Carr's FCC Priorities 9. ARRL: FlexRadio Equips ARRL With FLEX-8000 Series Station For W1AW 10. ARRL: Take Part In HamSCI's Meteor Scatter QSO Party 11. ARRL: Safety Stand-Down: Look Up and Live 12. ARRL: Changes in the ARRL Pacific Division, Atlantic Division, and Sacramento Valley Section Are Announced 13. AST Satellites Experimental License Clears Amateur Band Use 14. Teen Hams On Dave Kalter Memorial DX Adventure Are Calling CQ 15. RAC: Canadian Amateurs In The Yukon Territory Get A New Separate RAC Section 16. Solar Car Special Event Gets Great Mileage With Amateurs 17. Junior Youth On The Air Camp Holds Its First Session 18. Daughter Missing For Eight Years Is Reunited With Her Family By Amateurs 19. ARRL: Radio Relay International and ARRL Sign a Memorandum of Understanding 20. ARRL: 2025 Field Day numbers are fantastic so far 21. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contest Listings 22. FCC: FCC proposes Fast Track Regulation to streamline obsolete rules 23. WIA: Solar Storm causes Global Positioning System to be off by up to 70 meters 24. RW: National Voice Of America Museum celebrates makeover in renovated facility 25. RW: FCC reaches $10,000 settlement with a Boston Pirate Radio Operator 26. FCC: FCC finally gets its spectrum authority reinstated 27. FCC: Miami radio pirate blasts as unconstitutional FCC fines in landmark pirate radio court challenge 28. HH: Hamshack Hotline releases a public announcement bidding a fond farewell shutting down at the end of August 29. ARRL: Amateur Radio volunteers are providing communications during the severe floods Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about various ways of Decoding a Signal. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our original amateur radio historian, the late Bill Continelli, W2XOY returns with a special encore presentation of a classic edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill takes us back in time to teach us all about the early warning communication system known in the United States as CONELRAD. ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1376 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: July 12, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:47:44 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1376 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC Proposes Fast Track Regulation Removal To Streamline Obsolete Rules 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day Submissions Now Due 3. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeking Additional Volunteers For Moon Day At Dallas Frontiers Of Flight Museum 4. AMSAT: French Astronaut Will Take Food From Michelin-Starred Chef To International Space Station 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: Solar Storm Causes GPS Signals To Be Off By Up To 70 Meters 7. WIA: Mexico Tries To Sue SpaceX and Google 8. WIA: Images Released From The World's Highest Resolution Camera 9. RW: National Voice Of America Museum Celebrates Makeover In New Renovated Facility 10. RW: FCC Reaches $10,000 Settlement With Boston Pirate Radio Operator 11. FCC: FCC Finally Gets Its Spectrum Auction Authority Back 12. FCC: Pirate Blasts Unconstitutional FCC Fine In Landmark Pirate Radio Challenge 13. HH: Hamshack Hotline Public Announcement - A Fond Farewell 14. ARRL: Amateur Radio Volunteers Serving During Texas Floods 15. ARRL: Special Call Signs For This Year's International Amateur Radio Union Contest 16. ARRL: Great Numbers Stacking Up For 2025 ARRL Field Day 17. ARRL: Tripp Owens, N4NTO, SK / Michael Dean, K5MFD, ARRL Oklahoma Section PIC - SK 18. ARRL: Changes In the ARRL Idaho Section 19. ARRL: Youth On The Air Camp Junior Is Set To Debut On July 25 - 27, 2025 20. A Long Gone Maritime Tradition Is Honored During Night Of Nights Celebration 21. Amateurs In Japan Celebrate A Double Centenary 22. ClubLog Receives Operations Upgrade Via A New Grant 23. ARRL: Masayoshi 'Masa' Ebisawa JA1DM, SK 24. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contests 25. VRG: Trumps Big Beautiful Bill could mean slower wi-fi for you 26. WAMU: Person who climbed Up WAMU Radio Tower and stayed on the lofty perch for three days, has died 27. WIA: Russia moves forward planning its new Space Station 28. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director and Vice Director 29. Roger Smallwood, N8EKG, R&L Electronics Executive, SK 30. ARD: 100th Anniversary of The Japan Amateur Radio League and Amateur Radio in Japan Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us all about "Antenna Modelling With Genetic Algorithms" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1922, where we find new broadcasting stations packed the air with signals as growing crowds of listeners in the general public clamored for even more. And, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover who convened the first radio conference, which included radio luminaries from across the spectrum, government, the new radio broadcasting industry, academia, and of course, the amateurs * Monthly activity report from The Volunteer Monitor Program ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1375 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: July 5, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:45:32 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1375 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. VRG: Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Could Mean Slower Wi-Fi For You 2. AMSAT: AMSAT South Africa To Host 2025 Virtual Symposium On 68 Years Of Amateur Radio Progress 3. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Additional Volunteers For Moon Day At Dallas Frontiers Of Flight Museum 4. AMSAT: SpaceX Transporter-14 Rideshare Delivers Small Sats, Reentry Tech, and Memorial Ashes 5. AMSAT: Axiom-4 Reaches Orbit After Delays with Multinational Crew Bound for Space Station 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WAMU: Person Who Remained On WAMU Radio Tower For 3 Days Dies 8. WIA: Russia Moves Forward Planning New Space Station 9. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director And Vice Director 10. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day Declared A Success 11. ARRL: ARRL At HAM RADIO 2025 In Germany 12. ARRL: United States Radio Orienteering Champs Crowned 13. ARRL: The Panhellenic Celebration Of Maritime Week Is Being Revived This Year 14. Roger Smallwood, N8EKG, R and L Electronics Executive SK 15. New Record Set For Copying Callsigns In CW 16. Competitors From Russia Prepare For A Second Round Of Earth-Moon-Earth QSO's 17. Hurricane Response Communications Is Focus Of FCC Roundtable 18. Russia Is Constructing Modules For Its New Space Station 19. ARRL: ARRL Logbook Of The World returns to service from the cloud 20. ARD: JARL/Japan Amateur Radio League prepares to celebrate its upcoming 100th anniversary 21. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 22. RTBR: Majority Of US House Coalesces Behind The AM Radio In Vehicles Bill 23. AMSAT: HamSat to test new super-black paint that could fix satellite light pollution problem for astronomers 24. WIA: DxPedition receives financial support for upcoming operations 25. WIA: NASA and The US Department of Defence rehearse Artemis Rescue Mission 26. FCC: FCC finalizes its ban of certain telecommunications type certification bodies 27. ARD: Satellite communications company AST SpaceMobile seeks use of 70 centimeters at the FCC 28. Amateurs in Europe gear up for the upcoming Youngsters Of The Air Camp 29. China sets amazing new data transmission speeds with its orbiting satellites Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about The ARRL Incident of May 2024, A Year Later. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio: This week, Will piles us all into The Wayback Machine and takes us back to 1914, where we find the Radio Club of Hartford in Connecticut, held its first meeting on January 14th that year, and would soon play a larger role than most in amateur radio history * ARRL Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1374 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 28, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:30:52 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1374 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RTBR: Majority of US House Coalesces Behind AM Radio Bill 2. AMSAT: Hamsat to Test New Super-Black Paint That Could Fix Satellite Light Pollution 3. AMSAT: NASA Science Missions Could Be Cut In 2026 Budget 4. AMSAT: SpaceX To Launch Fourth Commercial Axiom Mission To The Space Station 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: DxPedition Receives Financial Support For Upcoming Operation 7. WIA: NASA and The Department Of Defense Rehearse Artemis Rescue Mission 8. FCC: FCC to Host July 7 Hurricane Season Roundtable 9. FCC: FCC Finalizes Ban On Telecommunications Certification Bodies' Certifications 10. NASA: Long-Dead NASA Satellite Suddenly Emits Powerful Radio Pulse 11. ARD: Satellite Communications Company AST SpaceMobile Seeks Use Of 70 Centimeter Amateur Band 12. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day Is This Weekend! 13. ARRL: Sharing ARRL Field Day With Others Via Social Media 14. ARRL: Field Day Safety Tips From An Experienced Compliance Officer 15. ARRL: ARRL Announces Logbook Of The World Systems Upgrade 16. ARRL: The Annual 13 Colonies Special Event 2025 17. ARRL: International Space Station To Take Part In 2025 Field Day Operations 18. ARRL: Deadline To Apply For ARRL Foundation Grants Is June 30, 2025 19. Amateurs In Europe Gear Up For Youngsters On The Air Camp 20. Summits On The Air Learns Lifesaving Skills 21. Chinese Satellites Reach Amazing Data Transmission Speeds 22. BBC Transmits Exclusively To Antarctica 23. Grimeton Radio SAQ To Send Jubilee Transmission 24. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings 25. ARRL: Ham radio operator reports a fire in the California Mountains and a helicopter crew extinguishes just in time 26. NASA: NASA probe receives signals that have upward propagation through the ice and rock of Antarctica 27. Copper theft at AM Broadcast radio sites across the country continues 28. CW Speed Record set to be broken at Ham Radio 2025 in Friedrichshafen Germany Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about "The Art of Decoding a Signal." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on upcoming and currently operating DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early days of radio, where we find that humor played a prominent role in QST from its first issue, born of the evident joy hams derived in pursuing their passion for radio. This weeks edition is entitled "Humor, Poetry, and Rotten Rants" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1373 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 21, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:29:02 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1373 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. USN: Trump Urged EchoStar And FCC Chairman Brendon Carr To Cut A Deal on Spectrum 2. AMSAT: President Robert Bankston Introduces 2025 Hamvention AMSAT Forum 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day: (PART ONE) Is Next Weekend 5. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day: (PART TWO) Protect the Most Important Element of Field Day: The People 6. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day: (PART THREE) Local, County, & State Governments Proclaim The Value Of Amateur Radio 7. ARRL: Hurricane Erick Update 8. ARRL: Ham Radio Reports Fire; Helicopter Crew Extinguishes Just In Time 9. Tribute To A Silent Key Will Originate From Island DxPedition 10. NASA Probe Receives Signals That Have Upward Propagation Through Ice In Antarctica 11. Do Hams Want To Have Fun? 12. Young CW Champion To Try And Top His Own World Record 13. Alberta's Groups IP400 Digital Project Receives Grant 14. Copper Theft At AM Broadcast Sites Continue 15. World RadioSport Team Championship Announces Sponsored Team Bidding Winners 16. RW: Michigan AM Tower Toppled in Farmer Mishap 17. ARD: SAQ Grimeton On the Air for 100th Anniversary July 2nd 18. REC: Senate Confirms Olivia Trusty To The FCC To Fill Out Rosenworcel's Term 19. ARRL: Kids Day On The Air is Saturday 20. RNZ: Papua New Guinea national broadcaster reintroduces shortwave radio nationwide 21. AMSAT: NOAA-18 satellite is decommissioned 22. AMSAT: Request for expression of interest for futureGEO Project 23. WIA: Digital Amateur television to resume from the International Space Station 24. ARRL: Are you ready for 2025 Field Day? 25. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute - multiplying the message 26. ARRL: Jobs for hams - Join the ARRL Team at Newington Headquarters 27. ARRL: Ham Radio 2025 - The biggest amateur exhibition in Europe at Friedrichshafen 28. Emergency communications group in Indiana switches from analog FM to digital 29. Latest State to Proclaim Amateur Radio Month is announced 30. WIA: WIA highlights concern regarding International Amateur Radio Union Restructuring Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present us with some Random Serendipity. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1921 where we find that Marconi had first done it back in 1901. For amateurs, crossing the Atlantic was the next natural challenge, they had been thinking about it since before the war. Many in the scientific community were skeptical that such a feat could possibly be achieved at such a short wavelength as 200 meters, especially with power as low as one kilowatt. ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #HamradioWelcome to episode 68 of The DX Mentor –All About DX. Thank you for joining us..I'm Bill, AJ8B.If this is the first time you are joining us, Welcome! We have a back catalog covering many aspects of DX in both podcast and YouTube format. Please check us out. If you like what you find, please subscribe, like, and share to always be notified about upcoming events! Another way to keep in touch and to see what we are up to is via the DX Mentor Facebook page. I will be posting aboutupcoming podcasts as well as other DX events so please follow us. Our guests today are Sarath, VU2RS, and Joe, W8GEX. Sarath & Joe are experienced, passionate DXers and the conversation should be lively and informative. This text is what grabbed my attention and made me realize that VU2RS would be a great guest. “In celebration of World DX Day, DX India Foundation is proud to announce its commitment to promoting DXing activities from India. Following the resounding success of previous IOTA activations, such as Sacrifice Rock, Kanika Island, Sagar Island, and Nachugunta IOTA, the foundation is gearing up for more exciting adventures. DX India Foundation's primary objective is to activate rare IOTAs, organize DXpeditions, and foster a vibrant DXing culture in the region. To achieve this goal, thefoundation is seeking support from manufacturers, individuals, and organizations to acquire essential equipment, including: – HF radios and amplifiers. – Band-pass filters and power supplies. – Tents and generators. – Coax cables and all necessary accessories. The foundation plans to establish a self-sufficient setup, comprising three stations, which can be easily transported in a container to various locations. This will enable DX India Foundation to activate rare IOTAs and provide DXers and IOTA chasers with exciting opportunities to log new entities. By promoting DXing activities and providing support to IOTA enthusiasts, DX India Foundation hopes to elevate the region's profile in the global amateur radio community. Join us in celebrating World DX Day and stay tuned for updates on DX India Foundation's initiatives and activities! for more details: sara@vu2rs.com 73, Sarath,VU2RS - DX India Foundation” Here is some information about our guest:Sarath was born and raised in Hyderabad, India. He developed an interest in amateur radio at the age of 15, inspired by Bharathi, VU2RBI, and his family of hams. This early exposure sparked a lifelong passion for amateur radio. In recognition of his family's remarkable achievement, they were featured in the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest number of amateur radio operators in a single family - an impressive 60 hams! Sarath has received several awards and recognition for his contributions to amateur radio and public service, including: - Rajiv Gandhi Award for Amateur Radio(1996-97 and 1997-98) - International Humanitarian Award - Honorary citizenship of Florida State, USA All of this and contest work, DXpeditions, Fox Hunting and EMCOMM will be discussed. Let's get started!Resources mentioned include:VU2RS https://vu2rs.com/Amateur Radio Society of Indiahttps://arsi.info/Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1372 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 14, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Joshua Turner, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:25:52 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1372 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RNZ: Papua New Guinea National Broadcaster Moves To Reintroduce Shortwave Radio For Nationwide Coverage 2. NYP: New York State Lawmakers Vote To Stop NYPD's Attempt To Block Radio Communications From Public 3. VRG: There Are Only Two Commissioners Left At The FCC 4. AMSAT: NOAA-18 Satellite Decommissioned 5. AMSAT: Request For Expression Of Interest For FutureGEO Project 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 7. WIA: Digital Amateur Television To Resume From The ISS 8. WIA: On-Loan DMR Kit Starts Young UK Hams On Their Journeys 9. RSGB: The RSGB Launches The Special Event Stations/SES Cookbook 10. ARRL: Are You Ready For 2025 ARRL Field Day? 11. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute – Multiplying the Message 12. ARRL: Jobs for Hams: Join the ARRL Team 13. ARRL: ARRL Section Manager Nomination Results 14. ARRL: ARRL June VHF Contest Is This Weekend 15. ARRL: The 2025 Youth On The Air Camp For Young Amateur Radio Operators 16. ARRL: HAM RADIO 2025 The Biggest Amateur Radio Exhibition In Europe, To Take Place In Friedrichshafen 17. Emergency Communications Group In Indiana Switches From Analog FM To Digital 18. Whidbey Island Increases Its Radio Safety Net 19. Persian Gulf History Highlighted In Upcoming Special Event Station 20. Three DxPeditions Receive Funding Through The Northern California DX Foundation 21. Latest State To Declare Amateur Radio Month Is Announced 22. Radio Society of Great Britain Seeks Proposals For Its October Conference 23. WIA: Wireless Institute of Australia Highlights Concerns Regarding IARU Restructuring Plan 24. ARRL: World Wide Radio Operators Foundation awards three supporting grants 25. The YASME Awards are announced 26. ARRL: Well known and competitive contester Tom Taormina, K5RC/W7RN, passed away on June 10, 2025 27. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Conventions 28. WIA: Russian Over The Horizon Radar called "The Buzzer" is on the air. Have you heard it? 29. WIA: Ninth grader from Ukraine develops new technology for antennas used to control drones 30. ARRL: 2025 Field Day has categories for every operator 31. ARRL: SteppIR Communication Systems will cease production of of Consumer Antennas 32. NOAA: NOAA takes Weather Radio facilities off the air for technical upgrades 33. Citizen Band operator faces a $25,000 proposed fine from the FCC / ACMA proposes CB Radio actions Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question "Can You Be A Professional Amateur?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1922, where we find that amateurs were making progress taming the QRM problem. Sometimes a solution did not involve a new invention, or even technology at all ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1371 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 7, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:46:50 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1371 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Welcome SO-125! AMSAT-EA's HADES-ICM Joins The OSCAR Fleet 2. AMSAT: SpaceX Starship Ninth Flight Yields Data, Misses Reentry Goals 3. AMSAT: Japanese Private Lander Resilience Nears Lunar Touchdown 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: Radio Quiet Zone In Sedona Arizona Looks To the Skies 6. WIA: Russian Over The Horizon Radar Buzzer. Have You Heard It? 7. WIA: Ninth Grader From Ukraine Develops Technology For Manufacturing Antennas For Controlling UAV's 8. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day Has Categories For Every Operator 9. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute Called A Success In Louisiana 10. ARRL: ARRL International Digital Contest Presents Fun Despite Active Sun 11. ARRL: 13 Colonies Event Founder Passing The Reins After 16 Years 12. ARRL: Tehachapi Amateur Radio Association Recognized As Tehachapi's Finest Non-Profit Organization 13. ARRL: Wellesley Amateur Radio Society In Massachusetts Planning A Summer Group Build 14. ARRL: SteppIR Communication Systems Will Cease Production Of Consumer Antennas 15. NOAA Takes Weather Radio Facilities Off The Air For Technical Updates 16. Sable Island DXpedition Team Plans Return 17. NASA Website For International Space Station Spotting Is Being Discontinued 18. CB Operator Faces Proposed $25,000 Fine From The FCC / ACMA Proposes CB Rule Actions 19. 65th Anniversary Of The Canadian Trail Is Marked By Special Event Station 20. June Is Amateur Radio Month In New Hampshire 21. HamSCI, Announces A Substantial Expansion To Its Advisory Board 22. SEA-PAC, To Host The ARRL Northwestern Division Convention 23. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing 24. AMSAT: Nominations open for the 2025 AMSAT Board of Directors Election 25. FCC: FCC proposes to unlock 20,000+ MegaHertz of spectrum for satellite broadband 26. ARD: 13 colonies special event upcoming this July 1st through the 7th 27. ARD: ARRL influence over the IARU could be reduced with the proposed IARU restructuring 28. RW: 42.9 MHz WA2XMN Armstrong Broadcast returns to New Jersey's Alpine Tower this month 29. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day FAQ with the Contest Program Manager 30. ARRL: Amateur Radio ready for the projected above average hurricane season that is coming up 31. ARRL: ARRL announces leadership changes in the Pacific Division 32. ARRL: ARRL Foundation is now accepting grant applications 33. An amateur radio Geosynchronous Satellite is the goal of a new ham radio project Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us "What's Really Happening At The International Amateur Radio Union?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to January of 1921 where we find the league running another round of transcontinental relays over several nights, setting new records for coast-to-coast round-trip message relaying. This weeks episode is entitled "Transcons At Record Speed." * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1370 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 31, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:41:56 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1370 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Dick Jansson, KD1K, Former AMSAT Vice President – Engineering, SK 2. AMSAT: Nominations Open For 2025 AMSAT Board of Directors Election 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Sixteen Countries Represented At The 2025 Dayton HamVention Attendance 5. WIA: Over 900 Candidates Take Amateur Radio Exam In Bangladesh 6. WIA: The Dynamic Duo Of The Universe 7. FCC: FCC To Unlock 20,000+ MegaHertz Of Spectrum For Satellite Broadband 8. ARD: 13 Colonies Special Event July 1st Through The 7th 9. ARD: ARRL Influence Over IARU Could Be Reduced With Proposed Restructuring 10. RW: 42.8 MegaHertz, WA2XMN, Armstrong Broadcast Returns To New Jersey In June 11. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day: FAQ With The Contest Program Manager 12. ARRL: Amateur Radio Ready For Above Average Hurricane Season 13. ARRL: ARRL Announces Leadership Changes In The Pacific Division 14. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute Set For Record Year 15. ARRL: Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club Receives POTA Wiggin's Acalypha Achievement Award 16. ARRL: The Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club Has Introduced Scouts To Amateur Radio 17. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Is Accepting Grant Applications 18. 48 New Radio Amateurs Receive Licenses In South Africa 19. Fifty Years Of Community Service By Ohio Traffic Net 20. Single DXpeditioner Completes 61,000 QSO's Is Honored 21. Geosynchronous Satellite Is The Goal Of New Ham Radio Project 22. Amateur Radio Month In Hawaii Is Coming Up In June 23. Queens Of The Mountains Special YL Event Announced 24. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings. 25. AMSAT: Buzzsat satellite meteorology course is now available 26. WIA: The Centennial Cycle will impact the next solar cycle 27. ARRL: Amateur Spectrum Addressed in the US House Reconciliation Bill 28. ARRL: Spring season Section Manager Election results are announced 29. ARRL: Hams across the US can now use the 2025 Field Day Site Locator 30. RSGB: Digital Mobile Radio Kits start young hams in the United Kingdom 31. SBE: Funds for Society of Broadcast Engineers are raised by auctioning ESB Broadcast Antenna Elements 32. Another electronics supplier in the US closes its doors 33. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada updates members on phishing attemps and cyber security tips 34. FCC: FCC bans "Bad Labs" from the United States Type Acceptence Authorization Process Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will attempt to answer the question, "What Do You Think You're Doing?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Monthly Report From The Volunteer Monitoring System * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1920's where we find out that vacuum tubes were now making CW practical. And that they were also making voice transmissions possible. Experimental broadcasts using radiotelephone, or just phone to hams, began as experimental radio broadcasts by amateurs and some of the wireless telegraph companies, including Marconi and DeForest. This weeks episode is simply called "Radio Telephone." ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1369 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 24, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zitel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:57:02 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1369 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: BuzzSat Satellite Meteorology Course Now Available 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Volunteers Power Hamvention Exhibit 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: The Centennial Gleissberg Cycle Will Impact The Next Solar Cycle 5. WIA: A Pulsar Packs A Punch Into Our Galaxy 6. NASA: In Memory Of Ed Smylie, Whose Famous Hack Saved The Apollo 13 Crew 7. FCC: Starks To Depart FCC By June, Calls Role Honor Of A Lifetime 8. ARRL: Amateur Spectrum Addressed in US House Reconciliation Bill 9. ARRL: Spring Season Section Manager Election Results 10. ARRL: Highlights From 2025 Dayton Hamvention 11. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Remembers And Celebrates 60 Years 12. ARRL: Use The 2025 ARRL Field Day Site Locator 13. ARRL: New Book Release: Using The Baofeng Radio 14. ARRL: The Deep Space Exploration Society KØPRT, Holds Community Event 15. RSGB: Digital Mobile Radio Kits Start Young Hams In The UK 16. Funds For Scholarships Raised By Auctioning Empire State Building Broadcast Antenna Elements 17. Major Solar Storm Drill Is Held And The Government Agencies Failed 18. Country Of Luxembourg Issues Postage Stamp For IARU Centenary 19. Another Electronics Supplier In The US Shuts Its Doors 20. Johnstown Flood Of 1889 Is Recalled In New Special Event Station 21. RAC: Update on Phishing Attempts and Cybersecurity Tips 22. CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inducts Three New Members at The Dayton HamVention 23. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional conventions 24. FCC: FCC bans "Bad Labs" from US Equipment Type Acceptance authorization process 25. WIA: Chinese researchers design compact high performance antenna 26. WIA: FCC approves amateur information collection requirement 27. ARD: International Amateur Radio Union considers consolidation - eliminating regional entities 28. RW: Florida radio pirate agrees to pay $11,000 fine - in installments 29. SC:: South Carolina, among a few other states, announce it will be a hands free driving state in September 30. VAT: Rome University ham radio logs thousands of QSO's to welcome the new Pope 31. AMSAT: AMSAT set the date in October, and location for the upcoming 2025 AMSAT Symposium 32. ARRL: ARRL renews its defense of the 902 to 928 MegaHertz amateur radio band 33. ARRL: ARRL seeks entry level technician HF privileges in its latest proposal 34. ARRL: ARRL releases next generation DXing track videos Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, "How Does Your IARU Member Society Represent Itself?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - Will returns returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1920, where we find that the uneven, partly unpredictable nature of radio wave propagation continued to fascinate hams after the war. This week's episode is simply called "Freaks" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1368 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 17, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:45:29 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1368 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 2. WIA: Chinese Researchers Design Compact High Performance Antenna 3. WIA: FCC Approves Amateur Information Collection Requirement 4. ARD: International Amateur Radio Union Considers Consolidation 5. RW: Florida Radio Pirate Agrees To $11K FCC Fine 6. SC: South Carolina Will Be A Hands Free Driving State In September 7. Rome University Ham Radio Logs QSOs To Welcome The New Pope 8. Ted Randall, WB8PUM, Of The QSO Radio Show, SK 9. Symposium Meeting Date Is Set In October By AMSAT 10. Record Turnout For Ham Radio Exam In Bangladesh 11. WSPR Radio Detectives Recognized By Award 12. ARRL: ARRL Renews Defense Of The 902-928 MHz Amateur Radio Band 13. ARRL: ARRL Seeks Entry-Level HF Privileges in FCC Proposal 14. ARRL: Next Generation DXing Track Videos Are Now Available 15. ARRL: ARRL Awards Phil Karn, KA9Q, with Mary Hobart, K1MMH, Medal of Distinction 16. ARRL: 2025 Hamvention Day Zero Coverage 17. ARRL: Amateur Operator Was Member Of The 1980 Olympic Torch Relay 18. ARRL: New Camp Greenough Station Is Opening Soon 19. ARRL: Amateur Radio Day Celebrated In Puerto Rico 20. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional HamFests and Conventions 21. ARRL: 2025 Hamvention Day One Coverage 22. FCC: FCC Older Americans Month Webinar to be held on May 22nd, 2025 23. FCC: FCC wants to improve internet service from space 24. AMSAT: Amazon kicks off Kuiper Network with ambitious first satellite launch 25. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain participated in the IARU Region One meeting in Paris 26. ARRL: Johns Hopkins University to hold an ARRL Teachers Institute session 27. ARRL: Promote your clubs 2025 Field Day activity with posters 28. FCC: FCC wants imported electronics testing to be based in the United States Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present, "A Brief Introduction To The HamSci Community" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1920's where we find that at age 29 and already one of the most well-known radio engineers in the world, Edwin H. Armstrong was a veteran of the great war, and the president of the Radio Club of America. This week's edition is titled, "Armstrong In QST" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Hello and welcome to episode 69 of The DX Mentor – A discussion with Jim, WB2REM. Thank you for joining us. I'm Bill, AJ8B.If this is the first time you are joining us, Welcome! We have a back catalog covering many aspects of DX. Please check us out. If you like what you find, please subscribe to always be notified of a new podcast! Another way to keep in touch and to see what we are up to is via the DX Mentor Facebook page. I will be posting aboutupcoming podcasts as well as other DX events so please follow us. Our guest today is Jim, WB2REM. Jim is an experienced, passionate operator and the conversation should be lively and informative.Here is the Mission Statement for this DXPedition: "In the spirit of the 7163/7156 MHZ DXGroup, this DXpedition was formed to provide the Amateur Radio Community with the opportunity of working the Faroe Islands on 6-160 Meters. We plan to be active on SSB, CW and FT8. We also hope to get to know the Amateur community in the Faroe Islands and when possible, explore the natural wonders of the islands, when not operating. Some members also plan to work SOTA and possiblyPOTA from the Faroe Islands." Jim and the team will be QRV from the Faroe Islands, June 1st to the 10th.Jim exhibited excellent patience when we were trying to schedule this podcast as we had to cancel twice. Unfortunately, the date that we finally agreed upon was adate that Joe had a personal conflict and could not be with us. Boy, did I miss him!Resources mentioned include:DXPedition Website - https://faroeis.com/7163 Net - https://7163net.com/Marlin Brandohttps://greylineperformance.com/blogs/news/famous-ham-radio-prepper-marlon-brando-fo5gj-tropical-south-pacific?srsltid=AfmBOop-SjYxYwMEvIhtp7VhxvI_Gzo0YQdI6M7d-JnJC4ZfMgShBZC3New World of Amateur Radio Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJDz2UlcY58Psychology of a QRMer - Page 13https://www.swodxa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Issue4_03012018A.pdfDX Cop - Page 11https://www.swodxa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Issue5_050118.pdfSouthwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1367 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 10, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 2:12:58 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1367 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. VOA: United States Appeals Court Halts Order Allowing Voice of America Employees Back To Work 2. FCC: FCC Older Americans Month Webinar To Be Held On May 22, 2025 3. FCC: FCC Wants To Improve Internet From Space Satellites 4. ARDC: DLARC, Receives Grant To Continue Mission - ARDC To Hold Seminar At Dayton HamVention 5. AMSAT: AMSAT Prepares For Major Presence At 2025 Dayton Hamvention 6. AMSAT: Amazon Kicks Off Kuiper Network with Ambitious First Satellite Launch 7. AMSAT: Europe's Vega C Rocket Launches Satellite to Map Forest Health 8. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 9. WIA: RSGB Participated In The International Amateur Radio Union Region One Meeting In Paris 10. ARRL: Plan Your Hamvention With ARRL App 11. ARRL: Johns Hopkins University To Hold ARRL Teachers Institute 12. ARRL: Promote Your Club's 2025 ARRL Field Day With Posters 13. ARRL: Scouts and Hams Celebrate In The Rain 14. ARRL: The FBI ARA In Fredericksburg, Virigina, To Host Host A Special Event For National Police Week 15. ARRL: The 2nd Annual Queens Of The Mountains YL SOTA Special Event Weekend Announced 16. Australian Coast Is Challenged By Waste From Weather Balloons 17. FCC Wants Imported Electronics Testing Based In The United States 18. Portable Logger, Ham2K, Receives Software Award 19. Amateur Radio Is Added To West Bengal Police Operations 20. Disaster Training Highlighted By Image Transmission 21. Major Amateur Radio Exposition To Run Special Event Stations 22. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing 23. HACK: Is your GPS not working? Soon you will be able to use ATSC 3 television signals. 24. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union World Championship Contest is announced. 25. WIA: Rescue Radio: The summit of Emergency Preparedness. A short story for you. 26. W2PH: Amateur Radio comes to Internet Radio. 27. SPACEX: SpaceX's spectrum surveillance ups the ante in an FCC fight with Echostar. 28. ARW: Italian radio amateurs get permission to use the 40 MegaHertz band - 8 meters. 29. ARRL:630 meter band Worked All States Award Issued. 30. ARRL: Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. 31. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Atlantic Division leadership. 32. ARRL: 2025 Hudson Division Convention is scheduled for July 13th. 33. ARRL: ARRL Hudson Division Leadership announces the division is now on Discord. 34. Amateurs in Brazil gain 11 meter CB privileges using their callsigns, and lose the CW requirement for licensing 35. A new low power FM broadcast station construction permit is issued to an amateur radio group. 36. BBC: The BBC is facing its Charter Expiration, and plans to rechart its course. 37. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report. Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, "Can we figure out how much the sun really affects propagation?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with another brand new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to 1922. Despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March, 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first National Radio Conference in Washington. Will brings us there in this weeks edition. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1366 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 3, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:53:35 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1366 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HACK: Is Your GPS Broken? Try ATSC 3.0 Television! 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2025 3. WIA: New Zealand Straight Key Night 4. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union HF World Championship Contest 5. WIA: An Oldie But A Goodie 6. WIA: APRS Foundation To Host Education Summit 7. WIA: Rescue Radio - The Summit Of Emergency Preparedness 8. W2PH: Amateur Radio Comes to Internet Radio 9. SpaceX: SpaceX's Spectrum Surveillance Ups Ante in FCC Fight 10. WH: White House Cancels News Service After Reporter Asks Tough Question 11. ARW: Italian Radio Amateurs Get Permission To Use The 40 MegaHertz Band 12. ARRL: 630-Meter Band Worked All States Awards Issued 13. ARRL: Clock Is Ticking Down To 2025 Dayton Hamvention 14. ARRL: Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame 15. ARRL: Star Wars Meets Amateur Radio 16. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union Gathers In Paris To Honor Centennial 17. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change In Atlantic Division Leadership 18. ARRL: 2025 Hudson Division Convention Scheduled For July 13th 19. ARRL: ARRL Hudson Division Now On Discord 20. ARRL: Recently Established School Club Rapidly Grows New Hams 21. Amateurs In Brazil Gain CB Privileges, And Lose The CW Requirement 22. New Low Power FM Broadcast Station Is Lead By An Amateur Group 23. New Satelite To Help Study Forests Of The World 24. Low Power FM Station In Florida Hit By The FCC For Excessive Power 25. BBC Is Facing Charter Expiration, Plans To Rechart Its Course 26. Bell Laboratories Prepare For Relocation As It Prepares To Celebrate 100 Years 27. Alford Master FM Antenna From The Empire State Building Being Auctioned 28. Guru Of The Re-Gen Receiver And Engineer For The Boston Symphony Charles Kitchin, N1TEV, SK 29. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 30. Camp Lazarus Centennial Celebration On The Air 31. Granite State Amateur Radio Association Hold Amateur Radio Youth Demonstration 32. ARRL: Select Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing 33. AMSAT: Volunteer For Engineering Drawings Needed 34. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention 2025 – Volunteer At The AMSAT Booth 35. AMSAT: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio and AMSAT Banquet To Be Held On Friday, May 16th 36. AMSAT: AMSAT Forum On Saturday, May 17th / AMSAT Dinner at Tickets – Thursday, May 15th 37. AMSAT: Jet Propulsion Lab Lays Off Its K-12 Education Team 38. HRF: Ham Radio 2025 48th International Amateur Radio Exhibition At Friedrichshafen / Belgium HamConBe 2025 39. ARRL: ARRL Ham Radio Open House Events Find Success, Media Coverage 40. ARRL: ARRL Exhibits and Forums Planned For 2025 Dayton Hamvention 41. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, Department of Defense, Scheduled For Saturday May 10th, 2025 42. International Amateur Radio Union Eyes Restructuring 43. Ham Radio Bootcamp Opens For Registration 44. Hams In South Africa Foster Radios Growth In The Sub-Sahara Region Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how how to be an amateur radio operator without either a radio or an antenna. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, will be here with another edition of "A Century of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early and mid-1920's to answer the question, 'What Is An Amateur?' As the demarcation between amateur and broadcaster becomes gray ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Two years has passed since the last DXPedition to Bouvet Island, and next year there will be another chance to log 3Y again. How does the team prepare, how will they do this. How will they cope with "that guy" in social media this time? What is different, and what is similar this time around? This and hopefully much more in this episode of TEHRS.You can learn more about 3Y0K here: https://3y0k.com/TEHRS is: @AH6UN_OE4JHW @LB4FH @labcat73 @LB0FI @LB5JJ #Amateurradio #Hamradio #Amateurfunk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1365 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 26, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:28:05 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1365 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Volunteer For Engineering Drawings Needed 2. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention 2025 – Volunteer At The AMSAT Booth 3. AMSAT: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio and AMSAT Banquet To Be Held On Friday, May 16th 4. AMSAT: AMSAT Forum On Saturday, May 17th / AMSAT Dinner at Tickets – Thursday, May 15th 5. AMSAT: Jet Propulsion Lab Lays Off Its K-12 Education Team 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. HRF: Ham Radio 2025 48th International Amateur Radio Exhibition At Friedrichshafen / Belgium HamConBe 2025 8. RW: Judge Halts Shutdown Of Voice Of America 9. IC: Efforts Underway To Save Marconi Radio Towers In Canada 10. ARRL: ARRL Ham Radio Open House Events Find Success, Media Coverage 11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Helps 2025 Boston Marathon 12. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute Application Deadline April 30th 13. ARRL: New Book Release: Salty Walt's Portable Antenna Sketchbook 14. ARRL: ARRL Exhibits and Forums Planned For 2025 Dayton Hamvention 15. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, Department of Defense, Scheduled For Saturday May 10th, 2025 16. World Radiosport Team Championship Issues Deadline For Sponsored Teams Is April 30th 17. International Amateur Radio Union Eyes Restructuring 18. Ham Radio Bootcamp Opens For Registration 19. Canoe Challenge Fundraiser Involves Hams 20. Fram2Ham Announces SSTV Contest Winners Announced 21. Hams In South Africa Foster Radios Growth In The Sub-Saharan Region 22. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Area Conventions and HamFests 23. ARRL: ARRL documents next generation DX'ing program at the International DX Convention 24. Young amateurs can attend the upcoming Dayton HamVention 2025 for free Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us "How To Become Mode Agile" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, and 'A Century Of Amateur Radio' will take us aboard The Wayback Machine to January 1922 as amateur signals successfully cross the Atlantic. Despite the broadcast community saying it couldn't be done. This week's episode is entitled, 'Crossing Three: The Accolades' ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1364 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 19, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:59:30 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1364 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Fram2Ham Mission Declared A Success 2. AMSAT: OpenGD77 Handheld Radio Firmware Aids FM Satellite Operating 3. AMSAT: A New Breed of Satellite and Space Focused Makers Is Emerging 4. AMSAT: Starliner's Wild Ride 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. ARRL: ARRL Files Comments Responding To FCC Request for Input On "Delete Delete Delete" NPRM - Four parts 7. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day – International Amateur Radio Union Formed 100 Years Ago 8. ARRL: Events to Honor World Amateur Radio Day 9. ARRL: ARRL Documents Next Generation DXing Program At International DX Convention 10. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union - Amateur Radio Services At The Forefront 11. ARRL: Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne Overbeck, PhD N6NB/SK 12. ARRL: Solar Prognosticator Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK 13. Zero Retries Is Hosting Its Inaugural Conference 14. Australian Communications & Media Authority Seeks Comments On Class License Conditions 15. Young Amateurs Can Attend The Upcoming Dayton HamVention For Free 16. Florida Trail Events Takes Ham Radio On Its First Journey 17. HamSci Receives Two Honors From The RSGB For Propagation Studies 18. ARRL: ARRL Public Relations Field Day Workshop is coming up on April 23rd, 2025 19. ARRL: The Youth On The Air Camp is set for July 2025. Registration is now open. 20. ARRL: The 2024 Cass Awards are announced. 21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings. 22. FCC: FCC to weigh loosening power limit rules for Starlink Satellites 23. WIA: Ford Motor Company patents new technology to support AM radio in electric vehicles 24. WIA: United Airlines receives FAA approval to add Starlink Wifi on planes 25. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada will not be attending HamVention this year 26. RWD: Mystery surrounds three pending United States Shortwave Stations 27. ARRL: ARRL Iowa section wins ham radio exemption from new hands free driving law 28. ARRL: Effort to save Marconi Towers in Canada - Public invited to vote on proposed project 29. ARRL: Broadcast audio processor manufacturer Orban donates unit to the ARRL for upcoming auction 30. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2025 31. Montana Radio Club donates amateur radio books to several public libraries Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, "What is Amateur Radio Really About?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the mid 1920's to witness amateurs' continued efforts to get their signals across the Atlantic in an episode called, "Crossing Two, Androsan" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1363 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 12, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 2:04:23 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1363 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: "Delete Delete Delete" Commenters Worry About The Future Of Ham Radio Under The FCC's Deregulatory Effort 2. FCC: FCC To Weigh Loosening Power Limit Rules For Starlink 3. RW: Here's A Copper Theft Mystery 4. HCKD: Tennessee Hams Rise Up: Amateur Radio Gains Traction After Deadly Tornadoes 5. AMSAT: Fram2 Mission Blends Polar Orbit, Amateur Radio, and Private Spaceflight 6. AMSAT: Spectrum's Fiery Debut Marks Bold First Step for Isar Aerospace 7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 8. WIA: Ford Motor Company Patents New Technology To Support AM Radio In Electric Cars 9. WIA: United Airlines Receives FAA Approval To Add Starlink Wi-Fi On Planes 10. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada Will Not Attend Hamvention This Year 11. RAC: City Of Ottawa World Amateur Radio Day Proclamation 12. RWD: Mystery Surrounds Three Pending United States Shortwave Stations 13. ARRL: Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations 14. ARRL: ARRL Iowa Section Wins Ham Exemption From Handsfree Law 15. ARRL: Effort To Save Marconi Towers In Canada – Public Invited To Vote On Project 16. ARRL: Broadcast Audio Processor Manufacturer Orban Donates Unit To The ARRL 17. ARRL: Tad Cook, K7RA, Has Received The ARRL President's Award 18. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, Is Scheduled For Saturday May 10th, 2025 19. Contacts To Mount Athos Are Valid Toward DXCC 20. Upcoming Meteor Scatter Events - Hams Are Invited To Monitor 21. Great Falls Masonic Radio Club In Montana Donates Ameteur Radio Books To Public Libraries 22. Paper Based Battery Performs Well...On Paper 23. ARRL: National Library Day Special Event Station 24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Upcoming Regional Conventions and HamFest Listing 25. RW: Voice Of America fights its way back on the air 26. RTBR: HC2 Broadcasting asks FCC to allow 5G Broadcast LPTV station 27. FCC: FCC launches proceeding on Global Positioning System alternatives 28. WIA: Earth based radio telescope successfully bounces a signal off of Venus 29. WIA: United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center look to amateur radio for backup communications 30. ARRL: 100 years of the International Amateur Radio Union 31. ARRL: The ARRL Repeater Directory - 2025 edition now powered by Repeater Book 32. ARRL: HamSci issues call for operators and monitors 33. ARRL: ARRL New Hampshire section signs a Memorandum Of Understanding with State Emergency Services 34. Pittsburgh DJ Jim Quinn W3VEX/sk - Don Craugh KF7DC Mingus Mountain SK 35. Research beacon on Antarctica goes silent after 46 years on the air 36. Deadline grows close for CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Nominees 37. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, "What is Amateur Radio Really About?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with Part One of a brand new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the mid 1920's to witness amateurs' continued efforts to get their signals across the Atlantic in an episode called, "Crossing Two, Androsan" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
In this episode we meet Richard Desaulniers, VE2DX. Richard has been licensed since 1990 and has a background in emergency communications serving at disaster events in Quebec. He enjoys hunting DX, Island Activations and DXPeditions. Richard is also an experimenter and founded VE2DX Electronics in 2020. With the founding of the company, he wanted to create inexpensive and simple electronic products to help the Ham Radio Community. Among his creations are products like TrueTTL, TrueCIV, and TrueCAT thes were implemented and applied to all VE2DX Electronics Design creation to help eliminate problems with RFI, EMI, Signal Loss and other signal issues, thanks to Heavy Shielding, RFI filtration of Power, Signals and Grounds, Signal processing, and signal automatic leveling. Join us in a great conversation with Richard VE2DX, Vince VE6LK and Thomas K4SWL.
Hello and welcome to episode 63 of The DX Mentor –A Discussion with ARRL CEO NA2AA, David Minster. Thank you for joining us. I'm Bill, AJ8B.If this is the first time you are joining us, Welcome! We have a back catalog of over 60 episodes covering many aspects of DX in both podcast and YouTube format. Please check us out. If you like what you find, please subscribe, like, and share the episode. For any comments, input, or information, just drop me a line at thedxmentor@gmail.com.Another way to keep in touch and to see what we are up to is via the DX Mentor Facebook page. I will be posting about upcoming podcasts as well as other DX events so please follow us. I am very excited about today's episode. You may wonder what a discussion with the ARRL CEO has to do with an episode of The DX Mentor? I think there are several things that link us together.First, the DXCC program IS an ARRL program. You can't separate the two. DXPeditions exist because they have the funding, the need,and the acceptance by the DXCC Desk to be “legal' and will count towards DXCC programs rewards and acknowledgement.Secondly, there is no other organization that works to protect the spectrum like the ARRL does. There have been countless attempts to procure parts of our spectrum that have been defeated due to the actions of the ARRL. The current work to remove restrictions for homeowners another example of the ARRL at work.Finally, David is a DXer and a contester! He works the DX and is the DX. He is also a CW fanatic. So, he is a fit for this podcast.Even with some of the negative press surrounding the ARRL, I felt it was time to have the DX-Minded CEO of the ARRL on the DX Mentor. When I suggested the idea, much to my surprise, he responded almost instantly.So, in addition to learning about David and his ham radio journey, we will discuss a variety of issues facing the ARRL.
SCRIPT:Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2471 for Friday, March 7th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2471 with a release date of Friday, March 7th, 2025 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.The following is a QST. A survey reveals some important trends in Brazilian amateur radio. Huntsville's new museum of communications and technology is open -- and the founder of the Hurricane Watch Net becomes a Silent Key. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2471 comes your way right now.** BILLBOARD CART**SURVEY GIVES DETAILED SNAPSHOT OF HAM RADIO IN BRAZILPAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story takes us to Brazil where a recent survey is providing a detailed look at trends among hams in South America's largest nation. Jeremy Boot G4NJH shares some of its findings.JEREMY: An important snapshot of the state of amateur radio in Brazil has provided the national ham radio society and the telecommunications regulator with insights into relevant trends. The sampling of 940 hams in 27 states and 350 cities was conducted in May of 2024 by Guillermo Crimerius, PY2BIL, a member of the board of the Sao Paulo chapter of LABRE, the Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão. Guillermo told Newsline that the findings are also being shared with the regulator ANATEL.He said that the findings held no surprises but many details were nonetheless significant. Brazil's ham radio community remains predominantly male, with women comprising only 2 percent of the hobby. Survey results also showed that hams are an aging population in Brazil: 72% are between 40 and 70 years old, with most of them between 40 and 60. While new licensees continue to join Brazil's ham community every year, there is low membership in clubs and associations, giving little opportunity for the networking and skills training usually provided by them. Guillermo writes: [quote] "This scenario has had an impact on new generations of hams,who face difficulties in learning the essential technical matters and especially the operational and cultural activities." [endquote]For a full copy of the report, which is downloadable, visit the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.orgThis is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.(GUILLERMO CRIMERIUS, PY2BIL)**NOMINATE THE NEXT "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR"PAUL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger -- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open. We are accepting nominations through May 31st.**BRANDMEISTER DMR PHASING OUT SOME RADIO IDSPAUL/ANCHOR: Certain Radio IDs that have been in use on the Brandmeister DMR network are going away later this year. Sel Embee KB3TZD explains.SEL: The Brandmeister DMR network has announced that it is phasing out its support of certain Radio IDs that do not comply with the Mobile Country Code, or MCC, numbering system. This means that by June, radio operators with certain DMR IDs will need to request new numbers to be assigned to their radios. The first phase of these changes will begin on the 1st of June, when Brandmeister will stop supporting five-digit CAP+ IDs. Starting on the 1st of January, 2026, radios with seven-digit personal radio IDs that begin with the numeral 1 will also stop working on the network. In making this announcement, Brandmeister assured repeater operators that it will continue indefinite support of repeaters that have six-digit radio IDs.Brandmeister said in its announcement in late February that this an effort to address improperly numbered Radio IDs – something Brandmeister has been trying to contain for seven years. It said on its website: [quote] The Brandmeister DMR platform is a constantly evolving system, requiring regular optimizations and maintenance to ensure its efficiency, reliability, and alignment with global open standards.” [Endquote]New IDs can be obtained through Radio ID (Radio Eye Dee) dot net (Radioid.net).For further instructions visit the Brandmeister link that appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.orgThis is Sel Embee KB3TZD.[DO NOT READ: news.brandmeister.network](NEWS.BRANDMEISTER.NETWORK, AMATEUR NEWS DAILY)**3 IRISH "KILMOLIN CLUSTER" BEACONS GO QRT TO RELOCATEPAUL/ANCHOR: A trio of beacons in Ireland have been taken out of service in preparation for being moved, as we hear from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.JEREMY: In Ireland, three beacons that have been operating from a site south of Dublin have gone QRT to allow for their relocation. The EI4RF, EI1KNH and EIØSIX beacons have been part of what is known as the Kilmolin cluster. They had been hosted by Paddy Geoghegan, EI5HS, who became a Silent Key last year.The beacons, which have a new owner, went off the air in mid-February and are expected to slowly come back. According to reports on groups.io and the SWLing Post blog, the EI4RF 4-metre beacon is expected to be the first to return, perhaps by May just as sporadic-E season begins. The EIØSIX beacon is expected to follow sometime afterward on 6-metres. It was unclear how and when service will be restored on the EI1KHN beacon, which operated on 40 and 60 MHz. It is also unclear whether this beacon will need to be assigned a new callsign.This is Jeremy Boot GF4NJH.(EI7GI BLOG, QRZ.COM, SWLING POST)**UNIVERSITY IS W. BENGAL'S 1ST TO HAVE HAM CLUB STATIONPAUL/ANCHOR: Students and faculty in India are celebrating the establishment of the first state-of-the-art shack on a West Bengal state university campus. Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us more.GRAHAM: Aliah University, a state university that created for the education of many of India's minority populations, is about to become the first university in West Bengal with its own state-of-the-art ham radio club station.The announcement was made in late February in connection with a seminar held on the Kolkata campus introducing students and faculty to various aspects of amateur radio. The one-day session, held on the 24th of February, covered emergency communications and radio technology and included hands-on experience for the estimated 250 attendees. It was led by members of the West Bengal Radio Club, the Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management and organized by the school's Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. A number of other schools have hosted similar amateur radio workshops throughout the region, which is a coastal area subject to violent storms and other natural disasters that rely on alternate forms of communication. This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.(MILLENNIUM POST)**BROADCAST TRADE SHOW DROPS RECEPTION FOR HAMSPAUL/ANCHOR: Hams will no doubt be among those visiting the National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show again this year but something will be missing, as we learn from Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.RALPH: The annual trade show of the National Association of Broadcasters is welcoming industry professionals once again this year to Las Vegas in April. One traditional event will be missing from this year's show, however: There will be no separate reception for amateur radio operators.Hams, of course, are still welcome. Indeed, many broadcast professionals - especially those on the engineering side - enjoy an active and robust time on the air on the amateur bands. A posting on the Radio World website said that this year's ham reception was not on the schedule. The reception had been hosted for a long time by Bob Heil K9EID, who became a Silent Key last year.The article said that organizers are hoping to [quote] "reinvent the event for next year by exploring fresh partnerships and innovative ideas." [endquote]In the meantime, licensed hams who work in the industry can still look forward to the usual opportunities for networking and learning about new technology. The NAB Show takes place between April 5th and 9th at the Las Vegas Convention Center.This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.(RADIO WORLD)**BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WB3GXW repeater in Silver Spring, Maryland and simultaneously on EchoLink Conference Server Node 6154 on Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 7 PM Eastern time.**DX INDIA FOUNDATION PREPARES FOR DXPEDITIONNEIL/ANCHOR: In India, there's a new DX foundation that has lots of energy and ambition - and plans for a rarely activated island. We learn more from Jason Daniels VK2LAW.JASON: It's still early in the game for the newly organized not-for-profit DX India Foundation but the team has already announced ambitious plans to increase India's presence on the DX map. As part of its mission to activate rare IOTA islands, conduct DXpeditions and provide DX and POTA chasers with a chance to work different entities in India, the team has its sights set on Arnala Island, IOTA number AS-169, which is near Mumbai. According to an announcement from the team, the island has had no amateur radio activity since 2006. Hams from the DX India Foundation have applied to use the callsign AU2M and hope to be on the air from the 29th of May through to the 1st of June. Later plans include a 10-day adventure to the Lakshadweep archipelago off the coast of Kerala [CARE-ruh-luh] in southern India.The DX India Foundation has also established an online forum in groups.io to encourage a sense of international community for chasers and activators. In between trips, the foundation's activity will be focused on training and mentoring other radio operators.This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.(DX INDIA FOUNDATION)**HUNTSVILLE'S ‘SIGNALS' MUSEUM OPENS IN ALABAMAPAUL/ANCHOR: Huntsville, Alabama, home of the Huntsville Hamfest, has a new way to celebrate technology and, of course, amateur radio. To welcome the museum and honor the spirit and advancements made in technology, Newsline is departing from the norm this week. This report is being read via artificial intelligence and a correspondent known as AI-Drew.AI-DREW: On March 1st, the SIGNALS Museum of Information Explosion opened its doors to what founders hope will be an immersive and hands-on environment for visitors. The museum, housed a short drive from where the Huntsville Hamfest is held each year, has an array of exhibits devoted to communications technology in all its forms throughout history. Amateur radio operators who are visiting will be particularly interested in the ham shack, a welcoming space for regional radio clubs and other radio operators to meet or work on building equipment. The museum also has an on-site radio tower.Whether you live in the area or plan to visit Huntsville this year, the museum will welcome you. Visit their website at signals hyphen museum dot org. (signals-museum.org)This is AI-Drew.(SIGNALS MUSEUM)**SILENT KEY: GERRY MURPHY, K8YUW, FOUNDER OF THE HURRICANE WATCH NETPAUL/ANCHOR: Atlantic hurricane season is still a few months away but hams and forecasters will be going forward into this year's season without the man who created the Hurricane Watch Net 60 years ago. He has become a Silent Key, as we hear from Randy Sly W4XJ.RANDY: It can be said that the seeds of the Hurricane Watch Net were planted in 1965 as Hurricane Betsy raged its way through the Bahamas, making landfall in the US that September. Gerald Murphy, K8YUW, who was stationed by the US Navy in Rhode Island at the time, was also handling messages and phone patches for the Intercontinental Amateur Radio Net. When hurricane-specific traffic started to overwhelm the regular net's messages on their 20m frequency, Gerry suggested that those messages be handled 5 kHz higher. Marcy Rice, KZ5MM, who was in the Panama Canal Zone QSY'd with him up to 14.325 MHz and that was the genesis of the Hurricane Watch Net.The net has become the backbone of a robust communications system during storm season. Trained hams share advisories, data and post-storm damage information in affected areas with national hurricane centers in the US and, when needed, Canada.Gerry, who became a Silent Key on the 25th of February at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky, leaves behind this vibrant legacy. He served as net manager from September of 1965 until February of 1988, staying on afterward as assistant net manager. Health issues compelled him to retire from the net in March 1991.The Hurricane Watch Net has been planning an on-air special event in September to mark its 60th anniversary. Net manager Bobby Graves,KB5HAV, told Newsline [quote] "I was hoping and praying Jerry would make it to see his creation's 60th Anniversary this coming Labor Day....We will endeavor to make it even more special." [endquote]Gerry was 88.This is Randy Sly W4XJ.(BOBBY GRAVES, KB5HAV; EDDIE MISIEWICZ, KB3YRU)**WORLD OF DXIn the World of DX, Chris, WA7RAR, is on the air until the 16th of March from Barbados, IOTA Number NA-ØØ21. He is using the callsign 8P9CB, operating SSB and CW on 20-10 metres. Some of his locations are POTA sites. See QRZ.com for QSL details.Rockwell, WW1X, is using the callsign VP5/WW1X from Providenciales, IOTA Number NA-ØØ2 in the Turks and Caicos Islands from the 8th through to the 15th of March. This is a QRP operation using only SSB, although Rockwell has not ruled out occasional use of FT8. QSL via LoTW.Listen for Aldir, PY1SAD, who is using the callsign 8R1TM from Georgetown, Guyana, between the 11th of March and the 26th of April. Aldir is using CW, SSB and the digital modes on the HF bands. He is also operating via satellite. See QRZ.com for QSL details.Members of the Korean Amateur Radio League are on the air in March and April to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. They are using the callsign HL1ØØIARU. See QRZ.com for QSL details.(425 DX BULLETIN)**KICKER: ECHOES OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO LEARN CWPAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with an alternate way in which some hams in New Zealand got to learn and practice CW while having real QSOs. We'll let Jim Meachen ZL2BHF explain how it happened.JIM: If you've ever wondered whether Echolink is a viable mode for teaching or learning CW, just ask Ted ZL1BQA, who is proud to have logged a respectable number of CW contacts during the recent Jock White Memorial Field Day in New Zealand. Studying CW for almost a year with the Franklin Amateur Radio Club, Ted was able to restart his long-ago code skills in sessions led by the club president Peter Henderson ZL1PX. It was done over Echolink.Ted had enrolled last May along with three younger members who were first-time learners - Francois, ZL4FJ, Steve, ZL1TZP and Steve ZL1SPR. With only Ted able to copy Peter's signal over HF, the club followed a suggestion made by Gary ZL1GAC: try Echolink, a computer-based ham radio mode that incorporates VoIP technology. Loading CW software onto his computer, Peter was able to send the code intended for each session, confident that everyone had an equal chance of copying clearly.Weekly sessions soon expanded to twice a week as the students concentrated on letters, then numbers - and eventually basic punctuation.After a break in the action, the club is back on Echolink with CW sessions three nights a week. As for Ted, he's on a roll. Peter told Newsline in an email that he has resumed making CW contacts on a daily basis on HF using the Vibroplex that once collected dust instead of QSOs.This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.(QUA, Peter Henderson, ZL1PX)**Have you sent in your amateur radio haiku to Newsline's haiku challenge yet? It's as easy as writing a QSL card. Set your thoughts down using traditional haiku format - a three-line verse with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in the third. 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